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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 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 |
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. [1] Any earlier events in Chinese history cannot be confidently dated by historians. [2]
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