Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 8th century BC ==
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| 782 <small>BC</small> || || [[King Xuan of Zhou|Xuan]] died.
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| 781 <small>BC</small> || || [[King Xuan of Zhou|Xuan's]] son [[King You of Zhou]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| 779 <small>BC</small> || || [[King You of Zhou|You]] took [[Bao Si]] as his concubine.
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| 771 <small>BC</small> || || The [[Marquess of Shen]], whose daughter had been replaced by [[Bao Si]] as [[queen consort|queen]], led an attack on [[Haojing]] in alliance with the [[Quanrong]].  [[King You of Zhou|You]] and Bao's son [[Bofu]] were killed.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 770 <small>BC</small> || || [[King You of Zhou|You's]] son [[King Ping of Zhou]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| || [[King Ping of Zhou|Ping]] moved the [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] capital east to [[Luoyang]].
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| 720 <small>BC</small> || || [[King Ping of Zhou|Ping]] died.
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| [[719 BC|719 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Ping of Zhou|Ping's]] grandson [[King Huan of Zhou]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| [[707 BC|707 <small>BC</small>]] || || ''[[Battle of Xuge]]'': [[King Huan of Zhou|Huan]], in coalition with the [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] [[vassal state]]s [[Chen (state)|Chen]], [[Cai (state)|Cai]] and [[Wey (state)|Wey]], led a punitive expedition against [[Zheng (state)|Zheng]].  The coalition was defeated and Huan was wounded.
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