19th century BC
Events
- Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia.
- 1900 BC — Proto-Greek invasions of Greece.
- c. 1900 BC — Fall of last Sumerian dynasty.
- c. 1900 BC: India - Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins
- c. 1900 BC — Port of Lothal is abandoned.
- c. 1895 BC — Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramide tomb complex at el-Lahun.
- c. 1895–1878 BC — "Pectoral of Senwosret II", from the tomb of princess Sithathoryunet at el-Lahun was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- c. 1880 BC - Pharaoh Senwosret II starts to rule (other date is 1895 BC).
- 1878 BC — Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
- c. 1878 BC — Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule.
- 1876 BC — Israelites enter Egypt after two years of famine (according to one interpretation of internal Biblical chronology; an alternate date is 1986 BC).
- c. 1874 BC - Pharaoh Senwosret II dies (other date is 1878 BC).
- c. 1874 BC - Pharaoh Senwosret III starts to rule (other date is 1878 BC).
- c. 1855 BC - Pharaoh Senwosret III dies (other date is 1842 BC).
- c. 1842 BC — Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
- 1800s BC — India — Vedic India — the Yajur Veda, one of the four Hindu Vedas, contains the earliest concept of infinity, and states that "if you remove a part from infinity or add a part to infinity, still what remains is infinity"
- 1837 BC — Jacob was born, according to some biblical chronologies.
- 1829–1818 BC — Egyptian-Nubian war.
- 1818 BC — Egyptian Campaign in Israel.
- 1813 BC — Amorite Conquest of Northern Mesopotamia.
- 1806 BC — Traditional date for the end of the Xia Dynasty in China.
- Decline of the Beaker culture.
Significant persons