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840s BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (138 words) |
 | 845 BC - Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron. |
 | 841 BC - Death of Zhou Li Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. |
 | 841 BC - Records of the Grand Historian regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history. |
| Zhou Dynasty Information - TextSheet.com (680 words) |
 | In 771 BC, after King You had replaced his queen with a concubine Baosi, he was then sacked by the joint force of the queen's father, who was the powerful Marquess of Shen, and the barbarians. |
 | The capital was moved eastward in 722 BC to Luoyang in present-day Henan Province. |
 | The first, from 722 to 481 BC, is called the Spring and Autumn Period, after a famous historical chronicle of the time; the second is known as the Warring States Period (403 BC-221 BC). |