1050s BC
Millennia: 2nd millennium BCCenturies: 12th century BC- 11th century BC- 10th century BCDecades: 1080s BC1070s BC1060s BC- 1050s BC - 1040s BC1030s BC1020s BCYears: 1059 BC1058 BC1057 BC1056 BC1055 BC1054 BC1053 BC1052 BC1051 BC1050 BCCategories: Births - Deaths- State leaders- Sovereign states
Establishments - Disestablishments
Events and trends
- 1053 BC — Death of Zhou kang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China.
- 1052 BC — Zhou zhao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China.
- 1051 BC — Saul becomes the first King of Ancient Israel.
- 1050 BC — Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant from Israel in battle. (Approximate date)
- c. 1050 BC - Shang Dynasty ends in Ancient China. Zhou Dynasty starts in Ancient China.