Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC
1500s BC - Events and trends.
Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England.
The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey.
Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize.
The Phoenic ...
The decade of years from 1500 to 1509, inclusive. See 16th Century for more information.
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Events and Trends
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico
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1500 - Events.
Europe's population was ~60 million. (Spielvogel)
January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.
April 21 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal.
November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara ascends to the throne o ...
Centuries: 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC
Decades: 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC - 1470s BC - 1460s BC 1450s BC 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC
1470s BC - Events and trends.
1470s BC - Significant people.
Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ( 1479 BC - 1425 BC).
Category: 1470s BC
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Centuries: 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC
Decades: 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC - 1450s BC - 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC 1410s BC 1400s BC
1450s BC - Events and trends.
1456 BC—According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
1450s BC - Significant people.
Category: 1450s BC
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Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC - 1530s BC - 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC
1530s BC - Events and trends.
1539 BC - End of Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
1539 BC - Approximate first use of the Valley of the Kings.
1530 BC - End of the First Dynasty of Babylon and the start of the Kassite Dynasty - see History of Iraq.
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Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC - 1540s BC - 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC
1540s BC - Events and trends.
History of ancient Israel and Judah - earliest date for Ahmose I founding the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
1540s BC - Significant people.
1546 BC - Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, died.
Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC - 1550s BC - 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC
1550s BC - Events and trends.
The city of Mycenae, located in the northeast Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of Achaea, giving its name to Mycenaean civilization.
1556 BC - Cecrops builds or rebuilds Athens following the great flood of Deucalion and the end of the Golden age. He becomes the ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC
Years: 349 BC 348 BC 347 BC 346 BC 345 BC 344 BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC 340 BC
340s BC - Events and trends.
Category: 340s BC
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC - 440s BC - 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC
449 BC 448 BC 447 BC 446 BC 445 BC 444 BC 443 BC 442 BC 441 BC 440 BC
440s BC - Events and trends.
Categories: Incomplete lists | 440s BC
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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC
Years: 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC
160s BC - Events and trends.
Roman victory at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC brings an end to the Macedonian Kingdom.
Category: 160s BC
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC
409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC
400s BC - Events and trends.
404 BC - The Peloponnesian War ends with the defeat of Athens by Sparta
Categories: Incomplete lists | 400s BC
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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC
Years: 339 BC 338 BC 337 BC 336 BC 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC 332 BC 331 BC 330 BC
330s BC - Events and trends.
Alexander the Great leads the army of Macedon in a successful campaign to conquer the Persian Empire.
Pytheas of Massilia describes the Polar ice, aurora and midnight sun, but is mocked and disbelieved ...
Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1690s BC - 1680s BC - 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC
1680s BC - Events and trends.
Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty
Egypt: Development of leavened bread (date approximate).
1680s BC - Significant people.
Hammurabi, died 1686 BC short chronology.
Death of Heremon, Irish legend (1684 BC)
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Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC
Decades: 1070s BC 1060s BC 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC - 1020s BC - 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC
1020s BC - Events and trends.
1027 BC - Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China.
ca. 1020 BC - destruction of Troy VIIb2
1020s BC - Significant people.
Category: 1020s BC
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Centuries: 11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC
Decades: 1020s BC 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC 980s BC - 970s BC - 960s BC 950s BC 940s BC 930s BC 920s BC
970s BC - Events and trends.
978 BC - Siamun succeeds Osorkon the Elder as king of Egypt
970s BC - Significant people.
Category: 970s BC
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Centuries: 11th century BC - 10th century BC - 9th century BC
Decades: 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC - 980s BC - 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC 940s BC 930s BC
980s BC - Events and trends.
984 BC - Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.
980s BC - Significant people.
Category: 980s BC
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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC
760s BC - Events and trends.
June 15 763 BC - A solar eclipse at this date is used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history
760s BC - Significant people.
Category: 760s BC
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Centuries: 15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC
Decades: 1400s BC 1390s BC 1380s BC 1370s BC 1360s BC - 1350s BC - 1340s BC 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC 1300s BC
1350s BC - Events and trends.
1350s BC - Significant people.
1350 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton rises to the throne of Egypt.
Category: 1350s BC
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Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC
Decades: 1060s BC 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC - 1010s BC - 1000s BC 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC
1010s BC - Events and trends.
1012 BC - Acastus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his son Archippus.
1010s BC - Significant people.
Category: 1010s BC
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