This article concerns the period 769 BC – 760 BC.
Events and trends
* 763 BC—
June 15
Events Pre-1600
* 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
* 844 – Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
* 923 – Battle of So ...
—A
solar eclipse at this date (in month
Sivan) is used to fix the
chronology of the Ancient Near East.
* Amaziah, king of Judah, dies and is succeeded by his son Uzziah.
Significant people
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Argishtis I of Urartu
Argishti I (), was the sixth known king of Urartu, reigning from 786 BC to 764 BC. He founded the citadel of Erebuni in 782 BC, which is the present capital of Armenia, Yerevan. Alternate transliterations of the name include ''Argishtis'', ''Ar ...
(r. 786-764 BC)
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Amaziah of Judah (co-ruled Judah with Uzziah c. 792-768 BC, according to
Edwin R. Thiele)
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Archilaus,
king of Sparta
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had ...
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Marduk-apla-usur
Marduk-apla-uṣur, inscribed dAMAR.UTU-A-ŠE Š.html" ;"title="small>Š">small>Š''Dynastic Chronicle'' (ADD 888) vi 3’-5’. or mdŠID-A- ''Synchronistic King List'' fragment VAT 11345 (KAV 13), 3’. meaning “O Marduk, protect the heir” ...
, king of Babylon (r. c. 780-769 BC)
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Eriba-Marduk
Erība-Marduk, inscribed m''ri-ba'' dAMAR.UTU.html" ;"title="sup>dAMAR.UTU">sup>dAMAR.UTU''Kinglist A'', tablet BM 33332, iv 1. was the king of Babylon, very speculatively ca. 769 – 761 BC. He was one of three Chaldaean tribal leaders to occup ...
, king of Babylon (r. c. 769-761 BC)
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Rivallo Rivallo ('' Welsh:'' Rhiwallon) was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a Brit ...
(legendary king of the
Britons
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs mod ...
)
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Alara of Nubia
Alara was a King of Kush, who is generally regarded as the founder of the Napatan royal dynasty by his 25th Dynasty Kushite successors and was the first recorded prince of Kush. He unified all of Upper Nubia from Meroë to the Third Cataract and ...
, King of Kuch (r. 795-c. 765 BC
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Uzziah
Uzziah (; he, עֻזִּיָּהוּ ''‘Uzzīyyāhū'', meaning "my strength is Yah"; el, Ὀζίας; la, Ozias), also known as Azariah (; he, עֲזַרְיָה ''‘Azaryā''; el, Αζαρίας; la, Azarias), was the tenth king of t ...
, king of Judah (ruled Judah solely until c. 751 BC)
References
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