1488 BC

Decades: 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC - 1480s BC - 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC 1440s BC 1430s BC

• 1487 BC - Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and legendary King of Athens dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I of Athens, a grandson of Cranaus.

Significant People

• Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1503 BC - 1450 BC).
• Hatshepsut of Egypt, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1498 - 1483 BC).