What happened in 1501 BC?
No event is dated precisely to 1501 BC, but 7 entries are recorded in the surrounding period.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 7 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1501 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1501 BC.
15th century BC 7
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Yuya born
Born in Akhmim. Ancient Egyptian high priest of Min, father-in-law of Amenhotep III.
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Ashur-nadin-ahhe II born
Born in Assyrian Empire. Assyrian king.
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Meroë dissolved
Meroë ceased to exist.
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Obelisk of Theodosius
Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD
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unfinished obelisk
Ancient obelisk
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Cleopatra's Needle
Ancient Egyptian obelisk in Central Park, New York City
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Obelisk of Hatshepsut
Obelisk in Karnak, Egypt
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