776 BC

The year 776 BC is largely known for being the first year of the Attic calendar, also known as the Ancient Greek calendar or the Olympiad era.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC
Years:	779 BC 778 BC 777 BC 776 BC 775 BC 774 BC 773 BC

776 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	776 BC DCCLXXVI BC
Ancient Egypt era	XXIII dynasty, 105
Ancient Greek era	1st Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	3975
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1368
Berber calendar	175
Buddhist calendar	−231
Burmese calendar	−1413
Byzantine calendar	4733–4734
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 1922 or 1715     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 1923 or 1716
Coptic calendar	−1059 – −1058
Discordian calendar	391
Ethiopian calendar	−783 – −782
Hebrew calendar	2985–2986
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−719 – −718
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2325–2326
Holocene calendar	9225
Iranian calendar	1397 BP – 1396 BP
Islamic calendar	1440 BH – 1439 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1558
Minguo calendar	2687 before ROC 民前2687年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2243
Thai solar calendar	−233 – −232
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −649 or −1030 or −1802     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −648 or −1029 or −1801

Events

• July – The first recorded Olympic Games are held in Olympia, Greece.