1050s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	12th century BC – 11th century BC – 10th century BC
Decades:	1080s BC 1070s BC 1060s BC – 1050s BC – 1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC
Years:	1059 BC 1058 BC 1057 BC 1056 BC 1055 BC 1054 BC 1053 BC 1052 BC 1051 BC 1050 BC
1050s BC-related categories:	Deaths

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. 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.

Significant people