1260s BC

Events and trends

• One of the three estimated dates of the Birth of Heracles 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 biblical Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.

  Significant people