Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC
Decades:	1100s BC 1090s BC 1080s BC - 1070s BC - 1060s BC 1050s BC 1040s BC
Years:	1079 BC 1078 BC 1077 BC 1076 BC 1075 BC 1074 BC 1073 BC 1072 BC 1071 BC 1070 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 1079 BC — Death of Zhou cheng wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 1078 BC — Zhou kang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• c. 1075 BC — New Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt (Another date is 1200 BC).

Significant people