| Millennia: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC |
| Decades: | 1180s BC 1170s BC 1160s BC - 1150s BC - 1140s BC 1130s BC 1120s BC |
| Years: | 1159 BC 1158 BC 1157 BC 1156 BC 1155 BC 1154 BC 1153 BC 1152 BC 1151 BC 1150 BC |
| Categories: | - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states - |
Events and trends
- 1159 BC — Global "tree ring event" (period of arrested tree growth) lasting for 18 years, initiated by the eruption of Hekla.
- 1154 BC — Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date).
- 1154 BC — Suicide of exiled Queen Helen of Sparta at Rhodes. (estimated date).
Significant people
- 1153 BC — Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt
