760s BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC |
| Decades: | 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC – 760s BC – 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC |
| Years: | 769 BC 768 BC 767 BC 766 BC 765 BC 764 BC 763 BC 762 BC 761 BC 760 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- 763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date (in month Sivan) is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East. However, it requires Nisan 1 to fall on March 20, 763 BC, which was 8 to 9 days before the vernal equinox (March 28/29 at that time) and Babylonians never started their calendar year before the spring equinox.
Main article: Assyrian eclipse
Significant people
- Death of Argishtis I of Urartu
- Death of Amaziah of Judah
- Death of Archilaus, king of Sparta
- Death of Marduk-apla-usur and Eriba-Marduk, kings of Babylon
- Death of Rivallo (legendary king of the Britons)
- Death of Alara of Nubia, King of Kuch c. 765 BC
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