1150s BC

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Events and trends

• 1159 BC — Global "tree ring event" (period of arrested tree growth) lasting for 18 years, initiated by the eruption of Hekla.
• 1154 BC — Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date).
• 1154 BC — Suicide of exiled Queen Helen of Sparta at Rhodes. (estimated date).

Significant people

• 1153 BC — Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt

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