841 BC

The year 841 BC, is highly significant in ancient Chinese history, in that Sima Qian was able to construct a year-by-year chronology back to that point. Any earlier events in Chinese history cannot be confidently dated by historians.

Events

 * The Compatriots Rebellion in Western Zhou dynasty. The Chinese people rioted against King Li of Zhou, who was then sent to exile at a place called Zhi.
 * The start of Gonghe Regency, an interregnum period in Chinese history, after King Li of Zhou was exiled.
 * The First Assyrian Invasion of Israel.

Deaths

 * Marquis Jing of Jin, the sixth ruler of the state of Jin.
 * Baal-Eser II, king of Tyre.