| 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 should be noted that 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
Deaths
- Argishtis I of Urartu
- Amaziah of Judah
- Archilaus, king of Sparta
- Marduk-apla-usur and Eriba-Marduk, kings of Babylon
- Rivallo (legendary king of the Britons)
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