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This article concerns the period 769 BC – 760 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades
780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC
Years
769 BC 768 BC 767 BC 766 BC 765 BC 764 BC 763 BC 762 BC 761 BC 760 BC
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Events and trends

Main article: Assyrian eclipse

763 BC—June 15—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

Argishtis I of Urartu (r. 786-764 BC)
Amaziah of Judah (co-ruled Judah with Uzziah c. 792-768 BC, according to Edwin R. Thiele)
Archilaus, king of Sparta
Marduk-apla-usur, king of Babylon (r. c. 780-769 BC)
Eriba-Marduk, king of Babylon (r. c. 769-761 BC)
Rivallo (legendary king of the Britons)
Alara of Nubia, King of Kuch (r. 795-c. 765 BC
Uzziah, king of Judah (ruled Judah solely until c. 751 BC)

References

Safford, Truman Henry (1899-04-28). "On the Total Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900". Science. 9 (226): 615–616. doi:10.1126/science.9.226.615. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17774828.
Burney, Charles (2004). Historical dictionary of the Hittites. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6564-8. OCLC 307478876.
Chmiel, Jerzy (1999-09-30). "90 lat Pontificium Institutum Biblicum w Rzymie". Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny. 52 (3): 268. doi:10.21906/rbl.2261. ISSN 2391-8497.
"Kassite Babylonia", The Ancient Near East, Routledge, pp. 388–402, 2013-12-04, doi:10.4324/9781315879895-32, ISBN 978-1-315-87989-5, retrieved 2022-07-20

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760s BC