1010s BC
{{Short description|Decade}}
The 1010s BC is a decade that lasted from 1019 BC to 1010 BC.
{{Decadebox BC|101}}
Events and trends
- 1019 BC - Reign of Shalmaneser II ends, succeeded by his son Ashur-nirari IV.{{cite journal |author=Karen Radner |author-link=Karen Radner |year=1998 |title=Der Gott Salmānu ("Šulmānu") und seine Beziehung zur Stadt Dūr-Katlimmu |journal=Die Welt des Orients |volume=29 |pages=33–51 |jstor=25683683}}
- 1013 BC - Ashur-nirari IV is succeeded by his uncle, Ashur-rabi II, who ruled for 41 years, one of the longest reigns of an Assyrian monarch.{{cite book |author=A. Fuchs |title=The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Volume 1, Part I: A |publisher=The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project |year=1998 |editor=K. Radner |page=209 |chapter=Aššur-rabi II}}
- 1012 BC—Acastus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his son Archippus.{{Cite book |last=F.R.S.) |first=Edward John BURROW (D D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17xlAAAAcAAJ |title=The Elgin Marbles: with an Abridged Historical and Topographical Account of Athens ... Vol. I. Illustrated with Forty Plates Drawn and Etched by the Author |date=1817 |publisher=Ogles, Duncan&Cochran |pages=15 |language=en}}
- A solar eclipse was seen in Ugarit from 6:09 PM to 6:39 PM, May 9, 1012, BC.{{cite journal |last1=Donald Wiseman |title=Jonah's Nineveh |journal=Tyndale Bulletin |date=1979 |volume=30 |pages=29–52 |url=http://www.tyndalehouse.com/TynBul/Library/TynBull_1979_30_02_Wiseman_JonahsNineveh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112082129/http://www.tyndalehouse.com/TynBul/Library/TynBull_1979_30_02_Wiseman_JonahsNineveh.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-12 |author1-link=Donald Wiseman }}
- 1010 BC—Uzzah, a citizen of Judah, dies, believed to have been smitten by God for violating divine law by touching the Ark of the Covenant.
Significant people
References
{{Reflist}}
{{BC-year-stub}}