Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC

Decades: 1340s BC 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC 1300s BC - 1290s BC - 1280s BC 1270s BC 1260s BC 1250s BC 1240s BC

Events and trends

• 1295 BC - End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
• 1295 BC, February 22 - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple.
• 1290 BC, December 15 - Seti I, Pharaoh of Egypt dies.
• 1290 BC, December 15 - Ramesses II becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.
• Destruction of Troy VIIa, most likely candidate for a historical event underlying the legendary Trojan War.

Significant people

• Seti I of Egypt.
• Ramesses II of Egypt (1290 BC)

1290s BC

Años 1290 adC | -1291 | 1299-1290 v. Chr. | 90. roky 13. storočia pred Kr. | 1291. пне. | 1290-luku eaa | MA 1290. yıllar | 前1290年代