1690s BC facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	18th century BC – 17th century BC – 16th century BC
Decades:	1720s BC 1710s BC 1700s BC – 1690s BC – 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC
Years:	1699 BC 1698 BC 1697 BC 1696 BC 1695 BC 1694 BC 1693 BC 1692 BC 1691 BC 1690 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

1700 - 1500 BC Hurrian conquest
1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend.
The Exodus: The Israelites leave Egypt, Thrasyllus of Mendes says this. He was an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived c. 1691 BC.
1691 BC June—Lunar Saros 32 begins.[1]

Belu-bani, King of Assyria, r. 1700–1691 BC.
Libaia, King of Assyria r. 1691–1674 BC.
Abi-eshuh, King of Babylon, r. 1712–1684 (middle chronology)
Jie, Legendary King of the supposed Xia dynasty (existence disputed) in China, r. c.1728–1675 BC
Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1714–1691 BC
Merhotepre Ini, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1691–1689 BC
Fourteenth dynasty Pharaohs (see List of Pharaohs for details), 1705–1690 BC
Lila-Ir-Tash king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1700–c.1698 BC.
Temti-Agun I king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1698–c.1690 BC.
Tan-Uli king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1690–c.1655 BC.
Agum I, King of the Kassites, r. 1705–1690 BC
Kashtiliash I, King of the Kassites, r. 1690–1680 BC
Itti-Ili-Nibi, King of the Sealand, r. c.1700–1683 BC
1695 BC—Death of Sarah, wife of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
1691 BC—Death of Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt