The 740s BC
20 sourced entries across 7 years, inside the 8th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.
748 BCE1 entries
- 748 BC – Anticles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games.
747 BCE3 entries
- 747 BC – Meles becomes king of Lydia.
- 747 BC – The Lusatian culture city at Biskupin is founded.
- 747 BC – February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylon.
746 BCE6 entries
- 746 BC – Founding of Rome according to Livy's ab urbe condita
- 746 BC – Suggested start of the reign of Menahem Ben Gadi of Israel.
- 746 BC – A revolt in Kalhu brings Tiglath-Pileser III to the throne of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
745 BCE3 entries
- 745 BC – The crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.
- 745 BC – Legendary death of Titus Tatius Roman King (Diarchy with Romulus ).
744 BCE2 entries
- 744 BC – Xenocles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the ninth Olympic Games.
- c. 744 BC – Piye starts to rule in parts of Ancient Egypt.
743 BCE2 entries
- 743 BC – Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
- 743 BC – Beginning of the First Messenian War.
740 BCE3 entries
- 740 BC – Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.
- 740 BC – Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
- 740 BC – Dotades of Messenia wins the stadion race at the tenth Olympic Games.