Millennia:	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 - State leaders - Sovereign states 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)