770 BC

Calendar year

King Ping of Zhou

Events

• Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as Zhou Ping Wang becomes the first King of the Dynasty to rule from the new capital of Chengzhou (today Luoyang).^[1]
• The Huangdi Neijing (Canon of Internal Medicine), considered the earliest extant medical book, is believed to have been compiled after this year (770 BC–221 BC).^[2]

Births

• Romulus, legendary founder and first king of Rome.^[3]

Deaths

References

1. Art, Authors: Department of Asian. "Shang and Zhou Dynasties: The Bronze Age of China | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
2. Hao, Yun-Fang; Jiang, Jian-Guo (2015). "Origin and evolution of China Pharmacopoeia and its implication for traditional medicines". Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 15 (7): 595–603. doi:10.2174/1389557515666150415150803. ISSN 1875-5607. PMID 25877600.
3. "How Rome's terrible 7th king led to the Republic". Big Think. 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2024-05-11.