841 BC

The year 841 BC, is highly significant in ancient Chinese history, in that Sima Qian was able to construct a year-by-year chronology back to that point. Any earlier events in Chinese history cannot be confidently dated by historians.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades:	860s BC 850s BC 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC
Years:	844 BC 843 BC 842 BC 841 BC 840 BC 839 BC 838 BC

841 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	841 BC DCCCXLI BC
Ancient Egypt era	XXIII dynasty, 40
Ancient Greek era	65 before 1st Olympiad
Assyrian calendar	3910
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1433
Berber calendar	110
Buddhist calendar	−296
Burmese calendar	−1478
Byzantine calendar	4668–4669
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 1857 or 1650     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 1858 or 1651
Coptic calendar	−1124 – −1123
Discordian calendar	326
Ethiopian calendar	−848 – −847
Hebrew calendar	2920–2921
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−784 – −783
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2260–2261
Holocene calendar	9160
Iranian calendar	1462 BP – 1461 BP
Islamic calendar	1507 BH – 1506 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1493
Minguo calendar	2752 before ROC 民前2752年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2308
Thai solar calendar	−298 – −297
Tibetan calendar	阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) −714 or −1095 or −1867     — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) −713 or −1094 or −1866

Events

• The Compatriots Rebellion in Western Zhou dynasty. The Chinese people rioted against King Li of Zhou, who was then sent to exile at a place called Zhi.
• The start of Gonghe Regency, an interregnum period in Chinese history, after King Li of Zhou was exiled.
• The First Assyrian Invasion of Israel.

Deaths

• Marquis Jing of Jin, the sixth ruler of the state of Jin.
• Baal-Eser II, king of Tyre.