770 BC

Events

 * Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as Zhou Ping Wang becomes the first King of the Dynasty to rule from the new capital of Chengzhou (today Luoyang).
 * The Huangdi Neijing (Canon of Internal Medicine), considered the earliest extant medical book, is believed to have been compiled after this year (770 BC–221 BC).

Births

 * Romulus, legendary founder and first king of Rome.