Editing 8th century BC (section)

=== [[770s BC]] ===

* [[778 BC]]: Agamestor, [[Kings of Athens|King of Athens]], dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.
* [[776 BC]]: retrospectively set as the first [[Olympiad]]. The history of the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] is believed to reach as far back as the [[13th century BC]].
* [[774 BC]]: End of the reign of king [[Pygmalion of Tyre]].
* [[773 BC]]: Death of [[Shoshenq III]], king of [[History of Egypt|Egypt]].
* [[773 BC]]: [[Ashur-Dan III]] succeeds his brother [[Shalmaneser IV]] as king of [[Assyria]].
* [[771 BC]]: End of the Western [[Zhou dynasty]] in China as "western" barbarian tribes sack the capital [[Hao (city)|Hao]]. [[King You of Zhou]] is killed. [[Crown Prince]] Ji Yijiu escapes and will reign as [[King Ping of Zhou]].
* [[770 BC]]: Beginning of the [[Eastern Zhou]] dynasty in China as [[King Ping of Zhou]] becomes the first King of the Zhou to rule from the new capital of [[Chengzhou]] (today [[Luoyang]]).