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The 1190s BC is a decade which lasted from 1199 BC to 1190 BC.

• 1197 BC—The beginning of the first period ( 1197 BC– 982 BC) according to Shao Yong's concept of the I Ching and history.
• 1194 BC—The beginning of the legendary Trojan War.
• c.  1192 BC— Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, dies in the fifty-ninth year of his reign, and is succeeded by his son Zu Geng.
• 1191 BC— Menestheus, legendary King of Athens, dies during the Trojan War after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade later and shortly after the Trojan War (see 1180s BC).

• Amenemses, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( 1202 BC–1199 BC)