Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC
Decades:	1290s BC 1280s BC 1270s BC - 1260s BC - 1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC
Years:	1269 BC 1268 BC 1267 BC 1266 BC 1265 BC 1264 BC 1263 BC 1262 BC 1261 BC 1260 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• One of the three estimated dates of the Birth of Herakles in Thebes, Greece.
• c. 1263 BC — Ramses II, king of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty.
• 1263 BC — The approximate date traditionally offered for the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.

Significant people