1050s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	12th century BC 11th century BC 10th century BC
Decades:	1070s BC 1060s BC 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC
Years:	1059 BC 1058 BC 1057 BC 1056 BC 1055 BC 1054 BC 1053 BC 1052 BC 1051 BC 1050 BC
Categories:	Deaths

Events and trends

1054 BC The Supernovae that forms the Crab Nebula occurred.
1054 BC Shamshi-Adad IV, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, usurps the Assyrian throne from his nephew, Eriba-Adad II.
1053 BC—Death of Kang, king of the Zhou of ancient China. In September, a five-planetary alignment occurs.
1052 BC—Zhao succeeds Kang.
1051 BC—Saul becomes the first King of Ancient Israel.
1050 BC—Death of Shamshi-Adad IV; his son, Ashurnasirpal I, succeeds him as King of Assyria.
1050 BC—Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant from Israel in battle. (Approximate date)
c. 1050 BC—Shang Dynasty ends in Ancient China, replaced by the Zhou Dynasty.
c. 1050 BC—Proto-Geometric period starts in Ancient Greece.

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