Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC
Decades:	1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC - 1020s BC - 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC
Years:	1029 BC 1028 BC 1027 BC 1026 BC 1025 BC 1024 BC 1023 BC 1022 BC 1021 BC 1020 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 1027 BC — Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.
• ca. 1020 BC — destruction of Troy VIIb₂.
• 1020 BC — Saul the King becomes the first king of the Israelites.

Significant people

• Saul, king of the ancient Israelites