781 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC
Years:	784 BC 783 BC 782 BC 781 BC 780 BC 779 BC 778 BC

781 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	781 BC DCCLXXXI BC
Ancient Egypt era	XXIII dynasty, 100
Ancient Greek era	5 before 1st Olympiad
Assyrian calendar	3970
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1373
Berber calendar	170
Buddhist calendar	−236
Burmese calendar	−1418
Byzantine calendar	4728–4729
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 1917 or 1710     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 1918 or 1711
Coptic calendar	−1064 – −1063
Discordian calendar	386
Ethiopian calendar	−788 – −787
Hebrew calendar	2980–2981
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−724 – −723
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2320–2321
Holocene calendar	9220
Iranian calendar	1402 BP – 1401 BP
Islamic calendar	1445 BH – 1444 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1553
Minguo calendar	2692 before ROC 民前2692年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2248
Thai solar calendar	−238 – −237
Tibetan calendar	阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) −654 or −1035 or −1807     — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) −653 or −1034 or −1806

Events

• Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• The oldest date-verified Chinese recording of a Solar Eclipse happens on June 4th.