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Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC
Decades:	1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC - 1450s BC - 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC
Years:	1459 BC 1458 BC 1457 BC 1456 BC 1455 BC 1454 BC 1453 BC 1452 BC 1451 BC 1450 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• May 9, 1457 BC — Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
• 1456 BC — According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
• c. 1450 BC — Mycenaeans attack Crete and destroy Knossos.

Significant people