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Decade

A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek dekas which means ten. This etymology is sometime confused with the Latin decas and dies , which is not correct....

s from the beginning of the 17th century BC to the end of the 22nd Century AD, including links to corresponding articles with more information about them.

During the 20th century, it became common to consider individual decades as historical entities in themselves. Particular trends, styles, and attitudes would be associated with and regarded as defining particular decades (which became known as "The Twenties", "The Sixties" and so on).

Century	Decades
17th century BC 17th century BC The 17th century BC is a century which lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.-Events:*c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture*1700 BC: Belu-bani became the King of Assyria....	1690s BC 1690s BC -Events and trends:*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 invade Egypt, continues....	1680s BC 1680s BC -Events and trends:* Egypt—Start of the Sixteenth Dynasty.* Egypt—Development of leavened bread .-Significant people:* 1686 BC—Death of Hammurabi * 1684 BC—Death of Érimón, Irish legend...	1670s BC 1670s BC -Events and trends:* c. 1674 BC—End of Middle Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. Start of Second intermediate period, the 15th–17th Dynasties.* Egypt—Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.* 1674 BC—Death of Pharaoh Tutimaios of Egypt.* 1674 BC—Ipuwer Papyrus written....	1660s BC 1660s BC -Events and trends:* 1662 BC—May 22—Lunar Saros 33 begins.-Significant people:* 1664 BC—Death of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew Calendar...	1650s BC 1650s BC -Events and trends:* c. 1655 BC—Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, dies.* c. 1650 BC—Greeks start to live in Mycenae.* c. 1650 BC—Middle Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt ....	1640s BC 1640s BC -Events and trends:* 1640 BC—The Middle Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt and the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt starts.-Significant people:*Bazaia, King of Assyria, r. 1650–1622 BC*Ammi-Ditana, King of Babylonia, r. 1684–1647 BC...	1630s BC 1630s BC -Events and trends:* 1633 BC—Egypt—End of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties of Egypt, start of the Fifteenth dynasty.* 1633 BC—May 2—Lunar Saros 34 begins....	1620s BC 1620s BC -Events and trends:* 1627 BC—Beginning of a period of cooling of the world climate lasting several years, recorded in tree-rings all over the world. It might have been caused by the Minoan eruption of Thera which according to the Parian Chronicle occurred in 1627, or the Avellino eruption of Mount...	1610s BC 1610s BC -Significant people:* King Tang of Shang of China...	1600s BC
16th century BC 16th century BC The 16th century BC is a century which lasted from 1600 BC to 1501 BC.-Events:* 1700 BC – 1500 BC: Hurrian conquests.* 1595 BC: Sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I....	1590s BC 1590s BC -Events and trends:* ca. 1595 BC—Mursili I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. This brings an end to the rule of the descendants of Hammurabi in that kingdom.-Significant people:* 1597 BC—Aaron born to Amram and his wife Jochebed...	1580s BC 1580s BC -Events and trends:*The Egyptians invented a new and better calendar. It is based on both the moon and a star. They observed the annual appearance of the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. This calendar was more advanced than the Babylonian calendar....	1570s BC 1570s BC -Events and trends:* 1570 BC—The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ends and the New Kingdom begins in Ancient Egypt.-Significant people:* Kamose, last Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt ....	1560s BC 1560s BC -Events and trends:* 1567 BC—Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of Seventeenth Dynasty, start of Eighteenth Dynasty.-Significant people:* Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt...	1550s 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....	1540s BC 1540s BC -Events and trends:* History of ancient Israel and Judah—earliest date for Ahmose I founding the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.-Significant people:* 1545 BC—Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, dies, according to the High Chronology....	1530s 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.* 1534 BC—The oldest dated star chart was made in Ancient Egypt....	1520s BC 1520s BC -Events and trends:* 1525 BC—End of Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt.* 1522 BC—Jacob migrates to Egypt, settling in the Land of Goshen, according to the Hebrew calendar.* 1521 BC—April 24—Lunar Saros 36 begins....	1510s BC 1510s BC -Events and trends:* 1517 BC—The Heliacal rising of Sothis, a dating of the reign of Amenhotep I, followed by Thutmosis I.* 1512 BC—The flood of Deucalion, according to O'Flaherty, Augustine, Eusebius, and Isidore ....	1500s BC
15th century BC 15th century BC The 15th century BC is a century which lasted from 1500 BC to 1401 BC.- Events :* 1504 BC – 1492 BC: Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.* 1500 BC – 1400 BC: The Rigveda was composed around this time....	1490s BC 1490s BC -Events and trends:*Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant .*1497 BC—Cranaus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha....	1480s BC 1480s BC -Events and trends:* 1487 BC—Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I of Athens, a grandson of Cranaus.* 1481 BC—August 27—Lunar Saros 43 begins....	1470s BC 1470s BC -Events:* c. 1478 BC–1390 BC—Hand mirror, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.* c. 1473 BC—Hatshepsut started to rule. She is a daughter of Thutmose I. Married to her half brother Thutmose II....	1460s BC 1460s BC -Events and trends:* c. 1469 BC—In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan.-Significant people:* Hatshepsut of Egypt, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ....	1450s BC 1450s BC -Events and trends:* Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. The battle took place in year 23 I Shemsu day 20...	1440s BC 1440s BC -Events and trends:* 1445 BC—According to James Ussher's chronology, this is when Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt, to the land of Israel....	1430s BC 1430s BC -Events and trends:* 1437 BC—Legendary King Erichthonius I of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion I....	1420s BC 1420s BC -Events and trends:* Crete conquered by Mycenae —start of the Mycenaean period.-Significant people:* Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt * Amenhotep II, Pharaoh of Egypt,...	1410s BC 1410s BC -Events and trends:* 1420 BC—Hebrew Exodus from Egypt .* 1420 BC—Incumbent Shahram from Persia declared his kingdom.-Significant people:* Amenhotep II, Pharaoh of Egypt,...	1400s BC
14th century BC 14th century BC The 14th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC.-Events:* 1397 BC: Pandion I, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erechtheus II of Athens....	1390s BC 1390s BC -Events and trends:*1397 BC—Pandion I, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erechtheus II of Athens.*c. 1390 BC–1352 BC: Queen Tiy, bust from Kom Medinet el-Ghurab was made. 18th dynasty...	1380s BC 1380s BC The 1380s BC refers to the period between 1389 BC and 1380 BC, the 1380s was the second decade of the 14th century BC.-Events and Trends:* Decline of the Minoan Culture in Crete.* Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt marries Tiy, his Chief Queen....	1370s BC 1370s BC -Events and trends:* The cutting down of the oak log that the Egtved Girl was buried in. It is dated to the summer of 1370 BC.* c. 1375 BC—Minoan culture ends on Crete.* c. 1375 BC—Site of palace complex Knossos is abandoned....	1360s BC 1360s BC -Significant people:*1368 BC—Death of Erichthonius, mythical King of Dardania.*1366 BC—Birth of Princess Tadukhipa to Tusratta, King of Mitanni and his Queen Juni. She will be later married to Amenhotep III and after his death to his son and heir Amenhotep IV Akhenaton...	1350s BC 1350s BC -Events and trends:* 1350 BC—Yin becomes the new capital of the Shang dynasty.* 1352 BC—Amenhotep III dies.* c. 1352 BC—Amenhotep IV starts to rule.* c. 1352 BC—Amarna period in Ancient Egypt starts.-Significant people:...	1340s BC 1340s BC -Events and trends:*c. 1348 BC—Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten.*1348 BC–1336 BC: Akhenaten and his family, relief from Akhetaten was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum.*c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Nefertiti, bust from...	1330s BC 1330s BC -Events and trends:* 1336 BC—Pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.* 1336 BC—Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten, daughter and wife of his predecessor Akhenaten.* c...	1320s BC 1320s BC -Events:* 1323 BC—Death of Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt.* 1323 BC—Ay succeeds Tutankhamun...	1310s BC 1310s BC -Events:* The Bhagavad Gita is written, according to Hindu traditions.* 1319 BC—Horemheb assumes the throne of Ancient Egypt.* 1317 BC—Enlil-nirari succeeds his father as king of Assyria.* 1312 BC—The revelation of the Torah to Moses occurred....	1300s BC
13th century BC 13th century BC The 13th century BC was the period from 1300 to 1201 BC.-Events:*1300 BC: Cemetery H culture comes to an end.*1292 BC: End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty....	1290s BC 1290s BC -Events and trends:* c. 1295 BC–1186 BC–Great Temple of Amun, Karnak, is built. New Kingdom.* 1292 BC—End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty.* 1292 BC—The coronation of Ramses I....	1280s BC 1280s BC -Events and trends:*1290 BC—Seti I becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.*c. 1285 BC—Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris, illustration from a Book of the Dead is painted. 19th dynasty. It is now in the British Museum, London....	1270s BC 1270s BC -Events and trends:*1279 BC—Pharaoh Seti I dies.*c. 1279 BC—Troy VI, speculated to be the city mentioned in Homer's Iliad, is presumed to have been destroyed by Greek armies.*c. 1279 BC —Ramesses II becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt....	1260s BC 1260s BC -Events and trends:* One of the three estimated dates of the Birth of Herakles in Thebes, Greece.* c. 1263 BC—Ramses II, king of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty....	1250s BC 1250s BC -Events and trends:*c. 1259 BC—Ramesses II makes peace agreement with the Hittites .*c. 1258 BC—The Exodus as depicted in the Bible....	1240s BC 1240s BC -Events and trends:* Deborah, Judge of Israel, accompanies Barak on a military campaign in Qedesh, according to Judges 4:6–10.* Jael assassinates Sisera, a retreating general who was the enemy of the Israelites, according to Judges 5:23–27....	1230s BC 1230s BC -Significant people:* 1231 BC—King Telephus of Mysia is born in Arcadia ....	1220s BC 1220s BC -Events and trends:*1230 BC—Battle of Nihriya* 1221 BC—Pharaoh Merneptah defeats a Libyan invasion.-Significant people:* 1225 BC—Birth of legendary Helen of Troy to King Tyndareus of Sparta and his wife Leda. ....	1210s BC 1210s BC -Events and trends:*1213–1203 BC—Merneptah Stele makes the earliest recorded mention of Israel.*1213 BC—Theseus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erechtheus and second cousin of Theseus' father Aegeus...	1200s BC
12th century BC 12th century BC -Overview:The 12th century BC is the period from 1200 to 1101 BC. Although many human societies were literate in this period, most individual persons mentioned in this article ought to be considered legendary rather than historical...	1190s BC 1190s BC -Events and trends:* 1197 BC—The beginning of first period by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.* 1194 BC—The beginning of the legendary Trojan War.* 1192 BC—Wu Ding king of Shang Dynasty died....	1180s BC 1180s BC -Events and trends:* 1186 BC—End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty.* 1184 BC—April 24, the traditional date of the fall of Troy....	1170s BC 1170s BC -Events and trends:* 1178 BC, April 16—A solar eclipse occurs. This may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. He discovers a number of suitors competing to marry his wife Penelope, whom they believe to be a widow, in order to succeed him...	1160s BC 1160s BC -Events and trends:* 1166 BC—The start of the Discordian calendar and within Discordianism the date of Curse of Greyface.* 1162 BC—The statue of Marduk is taken from Babylon by Elamite conquerors....	1150s BC 1150s BC -Events and trends:*1159 BC—The Hekla 3 eruption triggers an 18-year period of climatic worsening. *1154 BC—Death of King Menelaus of Sparta .*1154 BC—Suicide of exiled Queen Helen of Sparta at Rhodes. ....	1140s BC 1140s BC -Events and trends:* 1149 BC—The First Trojan War* 1147 BC—Demophon, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes....	1130s BC 1130s BC -Events and trends:* 1137 BC—Ramses VII begins his reign as the sixth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt.* 1135 BC—Oxyntes, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 12 years and is succeeded by his elder son Apheidas....	1120s BC 1120s BC -Events and trends:* 1126 BC—Thymoetes, legendary King of Athens, dies childless after a reign of 8 years. He is succeeded by his designated heir Melanthus of Pylos, a fifth-generation descendant of Neleus who had reportedly assisted him in battle against the Boeotians.* 1122 BC—Legendary founding...	1110s BC 1110s BC -Events and trends:* 1115 BC—Zhou cheng wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China. * 1115 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I becomes king of Assyria.-Significant people:...	1100s BC
11th century BC 11th century BC The 11th century BC comprises all years from 1100 BC to 1001 BC. Although many human societies were literate in this period, some of the individuals mentioned below may be considered legendary rather than fully historical.-Events:...	1090s BC 1090s BC -Events and trends:* 1090 BC—or the Year of the Hyenas, in the reign of Ramesses XI, there was a collapse in Egypt's economy leading to the emergence of tomb robbers. Because of this, it was also the last year that the Valley of the Kings was used for burial....	1080s BC 1080s BC The 1080s BC witnessed the early years of the Iron Age. Many of the great powers of the High Bronze Age in the Western Mediterranean had either collapsed or been severely weakened...	1070s BC 1070s BC -Events and trends:* 1079 BC—Death of Zhou cheng wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* 1078 BC—Zhou kang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* c. 1075 BC—New Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt ....	1060s BC 1060s BC -Events and trends:* c. 1069 BC — End of New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt.* c. 1069 BC - Third Intermediate Period of Egypt starts.* 1069 BC — Ramses XI dies, ending the Twentieth Dynasty. He is succeeded by Smendes I, who founds the Twenty-first Dynasty....	1050s BC 1050s BC -Events and trends:* 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...	1040s BC 1040s BC -Events and trends:* 1048 BC—Medon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Acastus.* 1046 BC—Following the Battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou overthrows the Shang Dynasty Chinese King Di Xin and founds the Zhou Dynasty .* 1044 BC—On the death of Smendes I, king of...	1030s BC 1030s BC -Events and trends:* 1039 BC—Neferkare Amenemnisu, king of Egypt, dies.* 1031 BC—Shalmaneser II becomes King of Assyria* c. 1030 BC—The Belknap Volcano Erupts in The State of Oregon....	1020s BC 1020s BC -Events and trends:* 1027 BC—Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.* 1026 BC—Saul the King becomes the first king of the Israelites.* c. 1025 BC—Collapse of Mycenaean dominance ends....	1010s BC 1010s BC -Events and trends:* 1012 BC—Acastus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his son Archippus. Solar Eclipse seen in Ugarit from 6:09 PM to 6:39 PM, May 9....	1000s BC
10th century BC 10th century BC The 10th century BC started the first day of 1000 BC and ended the last day of 901 BC.- Overview :This period followed the Bronze Age collapse in the Near East, and the century saw the Early Iron Age take hold there. The Greek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued. The Neo-Assyrian...	990s BC 990s BC -Events and trends:* 993 BC—Amenemope succeeds Psusennes I as king of Egypt.* 993 BC—Archippus, Archon of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.* 998 BC—King David establishes Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel....	980s BC 980s BC -Events and trends:* 984 BC—Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.* 982 BC—The end of first period by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history....	970s BC 970s BC -Events and trends:* 978 BC—Siamun succeeds Osorkon the Elder as king of Egypt.*Possible date of the death of King David....	960s BC 960s BC -Events and trends:* 967 BC—Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.* 967 BC—Solomon becomes king of the Israelites. * 965 BC—David, king of the ancient Israelites, died.-Significant people:* Solomon, king of the Kingdom of Israel...	950s BC 950s BC -Events and trends:* 959 BC—Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.* 957 BC—The reign of Mu Wang of the Zhou Dynasty ends.* 952 BC—Thersippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas....	940s BC 940s BC -Events and trends:* 949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern schools of Buddhism.* 947 BC—Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China....	930s BC 930s BC -Events and trends:* 935 BC—Death of Zhou gong wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* 935 BC—Death of Tiglath-Pileser II king of Assyria.* 934 BC—Ashur-dan II succeeds his father as King of Assyria....	920s BC 920s BC -Events and trends:* 928 BC—On the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam is unable to hold the tribes of Israel together, and the northern part secedes to become the kingdom of Israel, making Jeroboam its king...	910s BC 910s BC -Events and trends:* 915 BC —Death of Rehoboam, King of the ancient Kingdom of Judah.* 912 BC—Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.* 911 BC—Abijah, king of Judah, dies....	900s BC
9th century BC 9th century BC The 9th century BC started the first day of 900 BC and ended the last day of 801 BC.- Overview :The 9th century BC was a period of great changes in civilizations. In Africa, Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians...	890s BC 890s BC -Events and trends:* 895 BC—Death of Zhou xiao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* 894 BC—Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* 892 BC—Megacles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Diognetus....	880s BC 880s BC -Events and trends:* 889 BC—Takelot I succeeds his father Osorkon I as king of Egypt.* 883 BC—Assurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria. Moved capital to Kalhu ....	870s BC 870s BC -Events and trends:*879 BC—Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*879 BC—Kalhu is dedicated. Some historians say that Assurnasirpal II gives a banquet for 69,574 persons to celebrate it....	860s BC 860s BC -Events and trends:* 865 BC—Kar Kalmaneser was conquered by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II.* 864 BC—Diognetus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 28 years and is succeeded by his son Pherecles.* 860 BC—The kingdom of Urartu is unified....	850s BC 850s BC -Events and trends:*859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies.*859 BC—Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Palestine.*858 BC—Aramu becomes king of Urartu.*858 BC—Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasirpal II as king of Assyria....	840s BC 840s BC -Events and trends:* 845 BC—Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron.* 842 BC—Shalmaneser III devastates the territory of Damascus; Israel and the Phoenician cities send tribute....	830s BC 830s BC -Events and trends:* 836 BC—Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni.* 836 BC—Civil war breaks out in Egypt....	820s BC 820s BC -Events and trends:* 828 BC/827 BC —King Xuan of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China, ending almost two decades of the Gonghe regency.* 825 BC—Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies...	810s BC 810s BC -Events and trends:* 817 BC—Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty.* 811 BC—Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria....	800s BC
8th century BC 8th century BC The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC.-Overview:The 8th century BC was a period of great changes in civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties led to rule from Nubia in the 25th Dynasty...	790s BC 790s BC The 790s BC witnessed the surging power of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, albeit a brief moment of weakness following in subsequent decades, the further decadence of Egypt, and the beginnings of civilization with the rise of the city-states in Ancient Greece....	780s BC 780s BC -Events and trends:* 783 BC—Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.* 782 BC—Founding of Erebuni by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan....	770s BC 770s BC -Events and trends:*778 BC—Agamestor, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.*776 BC–394 AD—Era of the ancient Greek Olympic Games.*776 BC—First Olympic Games, according to Diodorus Siculus ....	760s BC 760s BC -Events and trends:* 763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East. However, it requires Nisan 1 to fall on March 20, 763 BC, which was 8 to 9 days before the vernal equinox and Babylonians never started their calendar year before the spring...	750s BC 750s BC -Events and trends:* 756 BC—Founding of Cyzicus.* 754 BC—Latins move into Italy* 755 BC—Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria* 755 BC—Aeschylus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by Alcmaeon....	740s BC 740s BC -Events and trends:* 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylonia.* 747 BC—Meles becomes king of Lydia.* c. 747 BC—Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ends. Late Period of ancient Egypt starts. Nubian period starts in Ancient Egypt.* c...	730s BC 730s BC -Events and trends:* 739 BC—Hiram II becomes king of Tyre.* 738 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.* 738 BC—The Biskupin settlement northeast of Poznan is built....	720s BC 720s BC -Events and trends:*728 BC—Piye invades Egypt, conquering Memphis, and receives the submission of the rulers of the Nile Delta. He founds the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.*727 BC—Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria, upon the death of Tiglath-Pileser III....	710s BC 710s BC -Events and trends:*Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria.*719 BC — Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.*718 BC — Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.*717 BC — Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish....	700s BC
7th century BC 7th century BC The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC.The Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the Near East during this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and Egypt. In the last two decades of the century, however, the empire began to...	690s BC 690s BC -Events and trends:* 699 BC—Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.* 697 BC—Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.* 697 BC—Death of Zhou huan wang, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China....	680s BC 680s BC -Events and trends:* 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.* 687 BC—Gyges becomes king of Lydia.* 687 BC—Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah.* 685 BC- Chalcedon became a Greek colony....	670s BC 670s BC -Events and trends:* 677 BC—Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.* 676 BC—Zhou Hui Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* 675 BC—Esarhaddon begins the rebuilding of Babylon...	660s BC 660s BC -Events and trends:* 669 BC: Ashurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria.* 668 BC: Ashurbanipal starts to rule.* 668 BC: Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon.* 668 BC: Egypt revolts against Assyria....	650s BC 650s BC -Events and trends:*Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala.*657 BC—Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth.*656 BC—Psamtik I extends his control over all of Egypt...	640s BC 640s BC -Events and trends:*Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh.*649 BC — Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire....	630s BC 630s BC -Events and trends:* 639 BC - Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome.* 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China....	620s BC 620s BC -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....	610s BC 610s BC -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....	600s BC
6th century BC 6th century BC The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC.Pāṇini, in India, composed a grammar for Sanskrit, in this century or slightly later...	590s BC 590s BC -Events and trends:* 599 BC—Vardhamana Mahavira, last Tirthankara of Jainism, is born.* 598 BC—Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.* March 16, 597 BC—Babylonians capture Jerusalem following a siege, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king....	580s BC 580s BC -Events and trends:* 589 BC—Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt.* 588 BC—Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera Nabucco sets the date at 587 BC.* 587 BC—Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah...	570s BC 570s BC -Events and trends:*579 BC—Servius Tullius succeeds the assassinated Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as the sixth King of Rome. *575 BC—Ishtar Gate and throne room wall, from Babylon is made...	560s BC 560s BC -Events and trends:* 568 BC—Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush.* 567 BC—Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Saite pharaoh Amasis II ....	550s BC 550s BC -Events and trends:*Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.*559 BC—King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus II the Great.*558 BC—Hegesias is removed as Archon of Athens....	540s BC 540s BC -Events and trends:* 546 BC—Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys.* 546 BC—Cyrus of Persia completes his conquest of Lydia, and makes Pasargadae his capital....	530s BC 530s BC -Events and trends:* 539 BC—Babylon is conquered by Cyrus, defeating Nabonidus.* 538 BC—Cyrus, king of Persia, allows Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem....	520s BC 520s BC -Events:* 529 BC—Cambyses II started to rule. He is son of Cyrus II. He conquered Egypt and Cyprus.* 528 BC—Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment, and began his ministry.* 527 BC—Pisistratus a tyrant of Athens dies: his son Hippias inherits his power....	510s BC 510s BC -Events and trends:*519 BC—Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*c. 518 BC—Darius I began construction of Parsa .*518 BC—Construction of Apadana of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Iran started....	500s BC
5th century BC 5th century BC The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC.-Overview:This century saw the beginning of a period of philosophical brilliance among Western civilizations, particularly the Greeks which would continue all the way through the 4th century until the time of...	490s BC 490s BC -Births:* 496 BC – Sophocles, Athenian dramatist and statesman* c. 495 BC** Pericles, Athenian politician ** Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher * c. 490 BC** Empedocles, Greek philosopher...	480s BC 480s BC -Births:* 484 BC** Herodotus, Greek historian** Achaeus of Eretria, a Greek tragedian, was born in the town of Eretria in the island of Euboea* 483 BC – Gorgias, Greek philosopher...	470s BC 470s BC -Births:* 470 BC** Mozi, Chinese philosopher ** Socrates, Athenian philosopher -Deaths:* 479 BC** Confucius, philosopher -Births:* 470 BC** Mozi, Chinese philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 391 BC)** Socrates, Athenian philosopher (d. 399 BC)-Deaths:* 479 BC** Confucius, philosopher -Births:*...	460s BC 460s BC -Births:* 469 BC – Aspasia of Miletus, mistress of Pericles of Athens * 460 BC** Democritus of Abdera, Greek philosopher ** Hippocrates of Cos, Greek physician ** Thucydides, Greek historian...	450s BC 450s BC -Births:* 450 BC – Alcibiades, Athenian general and politician -Deaths:* 459 BC** Pleistarchus, King of Sparta** Themistocles, Athenian politician* 456 BC – Aeschylus, Greek playwright -Births:* 450 BC – Alcibiades, Athenian general and politician (approximate date) (d. c. 404...	440s BC 440s BC -Births:* 446 BC** Aristophanes, Greek playwright ** Marcus Furius Camillus, Roman soldier and statesman -Deaths:* 449 BC** Appius Claudius, former decemvir, suicide...	430s BC 430s BC -Births:* 436 BC** Isocrates, Athenian orator ** Artaxerxes II, king of Persia * 435 BC – Philoxenus of Cythera, Greek dithyrambic poet...	420s BC 420s BC -Deaths:* 429 BC – Pericles, Athenian statesman * 425 BC – Herodotus, Greek historian -Deaths:* 429 BC – Pericles, Athenian statesman (epidemic)* 425 BC – Herodotus, Greek historian (approximate date) -Deaths:* 429 BC – Pericles, Athenian statesman (epidemic)* 425 BC...	410s BC 410s BC This decade witnessed the continuing decline of the Achaemenid Empire, fierce warfare amongst the Greek city-states during the Peloponnesian War, the ongoing Warring States Period in Zhou dynasty China, and the closing years of the Olmec civilization This decade witnessed the continuing decline of...	400s BC
4th century BC 4th century BC The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.-Overview:This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects...	390s BC	380s BC 380s BC -Births:* 384 BC – Aristotle, Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander the Great...	370s BC 370s BC -Deaths:* 370 BC – Democritus, Greek scholar, philosopher, and astronomer...	360s BC	350s BC 350s BC -Births:* July 356 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king 336–323 BC...	340s BC	330s BC	320s BC 320s BC -Deaths:* 323 BC – Alexander the Great, ruler of the Mediterranean world* 322 BC – Demosthenes...	310s BC	300s BC
3rd century BC 3rd century BC The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.-Overview:...	290s BC 290s BC During the 290s BC, Hellenistic civilization begins its emergence throughout the successor states of the former Argead Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great resulting in the diffusion of Greek culture throughout the Ancient world and advances in Science, mathematics, philosophy and etc...	280s BC	270s BC	260s BC	250s BC	240s BC 240s BC -Births:* Arsinoe III of Egypt who became Queen of Egypt.* Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca. He became the leading Carthaginian commander during the Second Punic War.* Mago, son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal...	230s BC 230s BC -Births:* 239 BC – Quintus Ennius, Latin poet and writer, considered the father of Roman poetry * 236 BC – Scipio Africanus, Roman general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic...	220s BC 220s BC -Births:* 229 BC** Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Roman general, consul and politician ** Qin Er Shi, Emperor of Qin China * 228 BC** Prusias I Chlorus, king of Bithynia...	210s BC 210s BC -Births:* 215 BC – Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of the Seleucid Empire * 210 BC – Hui, the second emperor of the Han Dynasty of China -Births:* 215 BC – Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of the Seleucid Empire (d. 164 BC) (approximate date)* 210 BC – Hui, the second emperor of...	200s BC
2nd century BC 2nd century BC The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, although depending on the region being studied, other terms may be more proper .-Overview:Fresh from its victories in the Second Punic War, the...	190s BC 190s BC -Births:* 195 BC** Mithridates I , "Great King" of Parthia from about 171 BC who will turn Parthia into a major political power and expand the empire westward into Mesopotamia...	180s BC 180s BC -Births:* 188 BC – Jing of Han, emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, who will rule from 156 BC. During his reign, he will fight to curtail of power of the Chinese feudal princes...	170s BC 170s BC -Births:* 179 BC** Liu An, Chinese prince, geographer, and cartographer ** Sima Xiangru, Chinese statesman, poet, and musician...	160s BC 160s BC -Births:* 168 BC – Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Roman politician who would create turmoil in the Republic through his attempts to legislate agrarian reforms in the Roman Republic...	150s BC 150s BC -Births:* 156 BC – Wu of Han* 154 BC – Gaius Gracchus, Roman politician, younger brother of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus...	140s BC	130s BC 130s BC -Births:* 138 BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman politician, dictator 82-79 BC * 133 BC – Mithridates VI, King of Pontus-Deaths:* 137 BC – King Dutugemunu of Sri Lanka* 135 BC – Simon Maccabaeus, of Judea...	120s BC 120s BC -Deaths:* 129 BC** Scipio Africanus the Younger, Roman conqueror ** Antiochus VII Sidetes, king of Syria* 127 BC – Phraates II, king of Parthia* 124 BC – Artabanus I, king of Parthia* 123 BC – Gaius Gracchus, Roman tribune...	110s BC	100s BC
1st century BC 1st century BC The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC or 1st century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year -1"...	90s BC	80s BC	70s BC	60s BC 60s BC -Significant people:* Pompey, Roman general, * Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, * Philip II Philoromaeus* Gaius Antonius Hybrida, elected praetor in 66 BC...	50s BC 50s BC -Significant people:* Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general * Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt —meets Julius Caesar and later becomes teenager Pharaoh, after her brothers die young....	40s BC 40s BC -Significant people:* Julius Caesar, Roman dictator * Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician * Mark Antony, Roman politician and general...	30s BC 30s BC -Significant people:* Mark Antony, Roman politician and general * Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt * Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, known in English as Octavian, Roman politician and general...	20s BC	10s BC	0s BC 0s BC 0s BC is usually considered the last decade of the 1st century BC and the 1st millennium BC. However, like the 0s, the number of years in the 0s BC is not always clearly defined. Note that there is no year zero in either the proleptic Gregorian calendar or Julian calendar...  (9 yrs)
1st century 1st century The 1st century was the century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period....	0s 0s 0s is usually incorrectly considered the first decade of the 1st century and the 1st millennium. However, the number of years in the 0s is not always clearly defined, though the number of years in a decade is always defined as 10. Note that there is no year zero in either the proleptic Gregorian...  (9 yrs)	10s 10s -Significant people:* Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor * Tiberius, Roman Emperor * Germanicus, Roman General...	20s	30s 30s -Significant people:* Tiberius, Roman Emperor * Gaius Caesar Germanicus/Caligula, Roman Emperor * Jesus Christ, founding figure of Christianity,...	40s 40s -Significant people:* Gaius Caesar Germanicus/Caligula .* Claudius, Roman Emperor .* Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist...	50s 50s - Significant people :* Claudius, Roman Emperor * Nero, Roman Emperor * Kujula Kadphises, Kushan emperor* Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist* Emperor Ming of Han China...	60s 60s -Significant people:* Boudicca, rebellious British queen* Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Roman general* Julius Civilis, leader of the Batavian rebellion against the Romans...	70s 70s -Significant people:* Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor * Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor...	80s 80s -Significant people:* Titus Flavius VespasianusRoman Emperor * Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor...	90s 90s -Significant people:* Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor * Nerva, Roman Emperor...
2nd century 2nd century The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period...	100s	110s	120s	130s	140s	150s	160s 160s -Significant people:* Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor* Lucius Verus, Roman Emperor* Commodus...	170s 170s -Significant people:* Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor* Caerellius Priscus, governor of Roman Britain...	180s	190s 190s -Deaths:* Sun Jian of the Wu Kingdom of China was killed in an ambush which destroyed his unit.* Lu Bu is executed by Xiahou Dun* Commodus, Roman Emperor...
3rd century 3rd century The 3rd century was the period from 201 to 300 in the Christian/Common Era.In this century, the Roman Empire saw a crisis, marking the beginning of Late Antiquity. In Persia, the Parthian Empire was succeeded by the Sassanid Empire....	200s	210s	220s	230s	240s	250s	260s	270s	280s	290s
4th century 4th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400.- Overview :...	300s	310s 310s -Significant people:* Constantine, Roman Emperor* Licinius, Roman Emperor* Maximinus, Roman Emperor...	320s	330s 330s -Significant people:* Constantine I* Constantine II* Constantius II* Constans...	340s 340s -Significant people:* Constans, Roman Emperor* Constantius II, Roman Emperor* Flavius Philippus, praetorian prefect of the East, consul* Hypatia of Alexandria...	350s 350s -Significant people:* Constantius II, Roman Emperor* Magnentius, Roman usurper* Julian, Roman Emperor...	360s	370s	380s	390s
5th century 5th century The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini/Common Era.-Overview:This century is noted for being a time of repeated disaster and instability both internally and externally for the Western Roman Empire, which finally unravelled, and came to an...	400s	410s	420s	430s	440s	450s	460s	470s	480s	490s 490s -Significant people:* Abba Afse, Abuna of Ethopia* Anastasius II, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 496–498* Mar Aqaq-Acace, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, 484–496...
6th century 6th century The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the West this century marks the end of Classical Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages.- Overview :...	500s	510s	520s	530s	540s	550s	560s	570s	580s	590s
7th century 7th century The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era.-Overview:The Muslim conquests began with the unification of Arabia by Prophet Muhammad starting in 622. After Prophet Muhammed's death in 632, Islam expanded beyond the Arabian...	600s	610s	620s	630s	640s	650s 650s -Significant people:* Popes: Martin I, Eugene I, Vitalian* Byzantine Emperor: Constans II...	660s	670s	680s	690s
8th century 8th century The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era.-Overview:During this century, the Middle East, the coast of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula rapidly come under Islamic Arab domination...	700s	710s	720s	730s	740s	750s	760s	770s	780s	790s 790s -Significant people:* Charlemagne* Byzantine Empress Irene* Offa of Mercia* Alfonso II of Asturias...
9th century 9th century The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era.-West Africa:- Southeastern Nigeria :...	800s	810s 810s -Significant people:* Charlemagne* Louis the Pious* Leo V of Byzantium* Ma'moon, Abbasid khalif...	820s 820s -Significant people:* Louis the Pious* Egbert of Wessex* Michael II* Thomas the Slav* Omurtag of Bulgaria* Mamun...	830s 830s -Significant people:* Louis the Pious* Egbert of Wessex* Ansgar* Wiglaf of Mercia* Turgesius...	840s 840s -Significant people:* Alfred the Great* Louis the Pious* Charles the Bald* Ermentrude of Orléans* Louis the Stammerer* Louis the German* Lothair I* Kenneth I of Scotland* Ragnar Lodbrok* Michael III-Births:* 844** Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi...	850s 850s -Significant people:* Charles the Bald* Louis the German* Lothar* Ethelwulf of Wessex* Bardas* Kenneth I of Scotland* Halfdan the Black* Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi...	860s 860s -Significant people:* Rurik* Pope Nicholas I* Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor* Ragnar Lodbrok* Basil I* Charles the Bald* Louis the German* Baldwin I of Flanders...	870s 870s -Significant people:* Alfred the Great* Harald I of Norway* Rhodri Mawr * Charles the Bald* Rurik...	880s	890s
10th century 10th century The 10th century is the period from 901 to 1000 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era.The 10th century is usually regarded as a low point in European history. In China it was also a period of political upheaval. In the Muslim World, however, it was a cultural zenith,...	900s	910s	920s	930s	940s	950s	960s	970s 970s -Significant people:* Mar Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, held position 963–986* Eric the Red , Norse Explorer* Richard I of Normandy , Duke of Normandy, r. 942–996...	980s	990s
11th century 11th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century is the period from 1001 to 1100 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era....	1000s	1010s 1010s -Significant people:* Abu al-Qasim * Abu Nasr Mansur* Abu Rayhan al-Biruni* Alhacen * Avicenna * Basil II* Boleslaus I* Canute* Fujiwara no Michinaga* Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor* Malcolm II of Scotland* Sweyn I...	1020s	1030s	1040s 1040s -Significant people:* King Macbeth of Scotland * Godwin, Earl of Wessex * El Cid * Yaroslav I the Wise...	1050s	1060s 1060s -Significant people:* William the Conqueror* Harold Godwinson* Harald Hardrada* Edward the Confessor* Edgar the Atheling* Tostig Godwinson...	1070s	1080s	1090s
12th century 12th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages and is sometimes called the Age of the...	1100s	1110s	1120s	1130s	1140s	1150s	1160s	1170s	1180s	1190s
13th century 13th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 through 1300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era...	1200s	1210s	1220s	1230s	1240s	1250s 1250s The 1250s decade ran from January 1, 1250, to December 31, 1259.-Events and trends:The decade was perhaps most dominated by the Mongols, who under the leadership of Möngke Khan continued their rapid expansion throughout Asia both to the east and west of their home territories...	1260s 1260s The 1260s is the decade starting January 1, 1260 and ending December 31, 1269.In Asia, Kublai Khan was proclaimed the supreme leader of the Mongol Empire, although his title was only partially recognized...	1270s 1270s The 1270s is the decade starting January 1, 1270, and ending December 31, 1279.In Europe, power struggles within the Holy Roman Empire escalated into civil war as the 23-year interregnum without an emperor came to an end...	1280s 1280s The 1280s is the decade starting January 1, 1280 and ending December 31, 1289.Europe in the 1280s was marked by naval warfare on the Mediterranean and consolidation of power by the major states. Ongoing struggles over the control of Sicily provoked lengthy naval warfare: after the Sicilian Vespers...	1290s
14th century 14th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1301 to December 31, 1400.-Events:* The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age....	1300s	1310s	1320s	1330s	1340s	1350s	1360s	1370s	1380s 1380s -Births:* 1380** February 11 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist ** September 8 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary ** Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician...	1390s 1390s -1394:* Prince Henry the Navigator, explorer * Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer.-1397:* King Sejong the Great of Joseon, the humane scientist ruler of Korea* August 10 – Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire-1398:...
15th century 15th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was the century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to emerging Ottoman Turks, forcing Western Europeans to find a new trade route....	1400s	1410s	1420s	1430s	1440s	1450s	1460s 1460s -Significant people:* Charles I , Duke of Burgundy, r. 1467–1477* Jean Fouquet of France , painter* Francis II , Duke of Brittany, r...	1470s	1480s	1490s
16th century 16th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600. It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred....	1500s	1510s	1520s	1530s	1540s	1550s	1560s 1560s -Births:* Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher* William Shakespeare, English playwright* Edward Wright , English mathematician and cartographer...	1570s	1580s	1590s
17th century 17th century The 17th century was the century which lasted from 1601 to 1700 in the Gregorian calendar.The 17th century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and in that continent was characterized by the Dutch Golden Age, the Baroque cultural movement, the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis XIV, the...	1600s	1610s	1620s 1620s -Significant people:* Antonio Maria Abbatini of Rome , composer* George Abbot of England , Archbishop of Canterbury, held position 1611–1633...	1630s 1630s -Deaths:* November 6, 1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden...	1640s	1650s	1660s	1670s	1680s	1690s
18th century 18th century The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.During the 18th century, the Enlightenment culminated in the French and American revolutions. Philosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without the Christian fundamentalism of...	1700s	1710s	1720s	1730s	1740s 1740s - In Fiction :* The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy is set in the late 1740s....	1750s	1760s	1770s	1780s	1790s
19th century 19th century The 19th century was a period in history marked by the collapse of the Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires...	1800s	1810s 1810s The 1810s decade ran from January 1, 1810, to December 31, 1819.- Napoleonic Wars:In 1810, the French Empire reached its greatest extent. On the continent, the British and Portuguese remained restricted to the area around Lisbon and to besieged Cadiz...	1820s 1820s The 1820s decade ran from January 1, 1820, to December 31, 1829.- East Asia :* February 14, 1820 – Minh Mang starts to rule in Vietnam.* Java War * 1828 Siamese-Lao War: Siam invades and sacks Vientiane....	1830s 1830s - Wars :* The First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing Empire of China started in 1839. It would end three years later with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking on 29 August 1842.- Internal conflicts :* French Revolution of 1830...	1840s 1840s - Wars :*Mexican-American War was fought between Mexico and the United States of America. The latter emerged victorious and gained undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico....	1850s 1850s - Wars :* Crimean war fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance consisting of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Second French Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire...	1860s 1860s The 1860s were an extremely turbulent decade with numerous cultural, social, and political upheavals in Europe and America. Revolutions were prevalent in Germany and the Ottoman Empire...	1870s 1870s The 1870s continued the trends of the previous decade, as new empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia. America was recovering from the Civil War. Germany declared independence in 1871 and began its Second Reich. Labor unions and strikes occurred worldwide in the later part of...	1880s 1880s The 1880s was the decade that spanned from January 1, 1880 to December 31, 1889. They occurred at the core period of the Second Industrial Revolution. Most Western countries experienced a large economic boom, due to the mass production of railroads and other more convenient methods of travel...	1890s 1890s The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "Mauve Decade" - because William Henry Perkin's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion - and also as the "Gay Nineties", under the then-current usage of the word "gay" which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...
20th century 20th century Many people define the 20th century as running from January 1, 1901 to December 31, 2000, others would rather define it as beginning on January 1, 1900....	1900s	1910s 1910s File:1910s montage.png|From left, clockwise: The Model T Ford is introduced and becomes widespread; The sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic causes the deaths of nearly 1,500 people and attracts global and historical attention; Title bar: All the events below are part of World War I ; French Army lookout...	1920s 1920s File:1920s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Third Tipperary Brigade Flying Column No. 2 under Sean Hogan during the Irish Civil War; Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol in accordance to the 18th amendment, which made alcoholic beverages illegal throughout the entire decade; In...	1930s 1930s File:1930s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson show the effects of the Great Depression; Due to the economic collapse, the farms become dry and the Dust Bowl spreads through America; The Battle of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese...	1940s 1940s File:1940s decade montage.png|Above title bar: events which happened during World War II : From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day"; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France; The Holocaust occurred during the war as Nazi Germany...	1950s 1950s The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...	1960s 1960s The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...	1970s 1970s File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...	1980s 1980s File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...	1990s 1990s File:1990s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope floats in space after it was taken up in 1990; American F-16s and F-15s fly over burning oil fields and the USA Lexie in Operation Desert Storm, also known as the 1991 Gulf War; The signing of the Oslo Accords on...
21st century 21st century The 21st century is the current century of the Anno Domini era or the Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The century began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 2100. The years from 2001 to 2010 are historical; the years from 2011 to 2100 are subject to futurology and...	2000s	2010s 2010s The 2010s, pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand tens", is the current decade which began on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019...	2020s 2020s The 2020s or "twenty twenties" is the decade that will begin on January 1, 2020 and will end on December 31, 2029. It is the third decade of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.-Notable predictions and known events :...	2030s 2030s The 2030s or the "twenty thirties" is a decade that will begin on January 1, 2030 and end on December 31, 2039. It is the fourth decade of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium....	2040s 2040s The 2040s decade will begin on January 1, 2040 and will end on December 31, 2049. It is the fifth decade of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.- Notable predictions and known events :* Possible manned mission by NASA to Jupiter's moon, Callisto...	2050s 2050s The 2050s decade will begin on January 1, 2050 and will end on December 31, 2059. It is the sixth decade of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.- Notable predictions and known events :...	2060s 2060s The 2060s decade will begin on January 1, 2060 and will end on December 31, 2069.-2061:*Expected expiration of the Singapore-Malaysia Water Agreement....	2070s 2070s The 2070s decade will begin on January 1, 2070 and will end on December 31, 2079.- 2070 :* February – The Teen Age Message, an Active SETI message sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar, arrives at its destination, the star HD 197076.- 2076 :...	2080s 2080s The 2080s decade will begin on January 1, 2080 and will end on December 31, 2089.-2080:*According to The China Modernization Report, China is expected to be one of the most developed countries in the world, equivalent to the level of the United States of the early 21st century.-2082:* All...	2090s
22nd century 22nd century The 22nd century is a century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It is the upcoming century, beginning on January 1, 2101 and ending on December 31, 2200.-Events:...	2100s	2110s 2110s The 2110s decade will begin on January 1, 2110 and will end on December 31, 2119. It will be the first full decade of the 22nd century.- Predicted events :...	2120s 2120s The 2120s decade will begin on January 1, 2120 and will end on December 31, 2129. It will be the third decade of the 22nd century.- Predicted events :* 2123: Triple conjunction Mars–Jupiter....	2130s 2130s The 2130s decade will begin on January 1, 2130 and will end on December 31, 2139. It will be the fourth decade of the 22nd century.- Predicted events :* June 13, 2132: Solar eclipse of 6 min 55 s, saros 139....	2140s 2140s The 2140s decade will begin on January 1, 2140 and will end on December 31, 2149. It will be the fifth decade of the 22nd century.- Predicted Astronomical Events :* June 19, 2141: Long-duration lunar eclipse of about 106.1 minutes...	2150s 2150s The 2150s decade will begin on January 1, 2150 and will end on December 31, 2159. It will be the sixth decade of the 22nd century.- Predicted Astronomical Events :...	2160s 2160s The 2160s decade will begin on January 1, 2160 and will end on December 31, 2169. It will be the seventh decade of the 22nd century.-Predictions:* July 5, 2168: Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s, saros 139....	2170s 2170s The 2170s decade will begin on January 1, 2170 and will end on December 31, 2179. It will be the eighth decade of the 22nd century.-Events:* 2174: The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846....	2180s 2180s The 2180s decade will begin on January 1, 2180 and will end on December 31, 2189. It will be the ninth decade of the 22nd century.-Events:* 2185: Triple conjunction Mars–Saturn....	2190s 2190s The 2190s decade will begin on January 1, 2190 and will end on December 31, 2199. It will be the tenth and final decade of the 22nd century.-Planned Events:...