780s BC

This article concerns the period 789 BC – 780 BC. 

Events and trends
 783 BC—Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria. 
 782 BC—Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan. 
 782 BC—Death of Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 
 781 BC—Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 

Significant people