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The 14th century BC

38 sourced entries across 27 documented years, grouped into 0 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly; on the BC side the same rule puts 1–99 BC in the 1st century BC and 100 BC in the 2nd.

Decades

    By subject

    A few of the years

    • 1398 BCE1398 BC—Birth of Tiy to Egyptian nobleman Yuya and his wife Tjuyu. She later becomes the Chief Queen of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt and the matriarch of the Amarna family (approximate date).
    • 1378 BCE1378 BC—Old Assyrian Empire disestablished.
    • 1350 BCE1350 BC – Yin becomes the new capital of Shang dynasty China.
    • 1346 BCE1346 BC—Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital.
    • 1342 BCE1342 BC—Pharaoh King Tut (Tutankhamun/Tutankhamen) is born.
    • 1337 BCE1337 BC: Queen Nefertiti of Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
    • 1331 BCE1331 BC: Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna, returning the capital to Thebes.
    • 1319 BCEThe reign of Ay comes to an end.