1690s BC

Decade

The 1690s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1699, BC to December 31, 1690, BC.

Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
  • 18th century BC
  • 17th century BC
  • 16th century BC
Decades
  • 1710s BC
  • 1700s BC
  • 1690s BC
  • 1680s BC
  • 1670s BC
Years
  • 1699 BC
  • 1698 BC
  • 1697 BC
  • 1696 BC
  • 1695 BC
  • 1694 BC
  • 1693 BC
  • 1692 BC
  • 1691 BC
  • 1690 BC
Categories
  • v
  • t
  • e
  • The Minoan and Harappan Civilizations continue to exist in Crete and Ancient India respectively.
  • 1700–1500 BC—Hurrian conquests.
  • Second Intermediate Period, in which the Hyksos invades Egypt, continues.
  • 1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend.
  • The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the reign of Tiberius (c. 1691 BC).
  • 1691 BC June—Lunar Saros 32 begins.[1]

Significant people

  • Belu-bani, King of Assyria, r. 1700–1691 BC.
  • Libaia, King of Assyria r. 1691–1674 BC.
  • Abi-eshuh, King of Babylon, r. 1712–1684 (middle chronology)
  • Jie, Legendary King of the supposed Xia dynasty (existence disputed) in China, r. c.1728–1675 BC
  • Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1714–1691 BC
  • Merhotepre Ini, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1691–1689 BC
  • Fourteenth dynasty Pharaohs (see List of Pharaohs for details), 1705–1690 BC
  • Lila-Ir-Tash king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1700–c.1698 BC.
  • Temti-Agun I king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1698–c.1690 BC.
  • Tan-Uli king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1690–c.1655 BC.
  • Agum I, King of the Kassites, r. 1705–1690 BC[2]
  • Kashtiliash I, King of the Kassites, r. 1690–1680 BC[2]
  • Itti-Ili-Nibi, King of the Sealand, r. c.1700–1683 BC[2]
  • 1695 BC—Death of Sarah, wife of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
  • 1691 BC—Death of Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt

References

  1. ^ "NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 175". sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "oldbabylon". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.