780s BC

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Events and trends

• 783 BC — Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
• 782 BC — Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan.
• 782 BC — Death of Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 781 BC — Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 781 BC — June 4 — The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

Significant people

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