780s BC

This article concerns the period 789 BC – 780 BC.

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.
 * 780 BC - 560 BC—The Establishment of The Greek Colonies.