940s BC

The 940s BC is a decade which lasted from 949 BC to 940 BC.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 949 BC
  • 948 BC
  • 947 BC
  • 946 BC
  • 945 BC
  • 944 BC
  • 943 BC
  • 942 BC
  • 941 BC
  • 940 BC
Categories:
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • 949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern schools of Buddhism .
  • 947 BC—Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 946 BC—Zhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 945 BC—Egypt: Psusennes III dies, the last king of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Shoshenq I succeeds him, the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty.
  • 940 BC—The Temple of Solomon was finished being built.

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