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Akhenaten (at the time referred as Amenhotep IV), begins his reign, which was to last twenty years. He rose to the throne in Thebes.
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Father of Amenhotep IV (later Akhenaten) reigns from c.1386-1349BCE. The pharaoh avoided war through diplomacy and political marriages with the Mitanni and Babylons. His "building boom" was successful due to high trade and tribute from foreign states.
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Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten's first child with Nefertiti is born when he begins to reign.
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Akhenaten begins construction of four temples dedicated to Aten in Thebes. These temples aimed to begin re-education regarding religion and the promotion of Aten, "the sun-disk" continued after the reign of Amenhotep III.
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The Sed Festival or the First Jubilee celebration was dedicated to promotion of the Aten.
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Akhenaten begins construction in Akhetaten (now referred as 'Amarna'), with the intention of moving the current capital city of Egypt, Thebes, to Akhetaten. This was because Amarna's god was the Aten, whilst, Thebes symbolised Amun-re.
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Akhenaten's and Nefertiti's second and third children, Mekhetaten and Ankhesenamun (consecutively) are born.
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Amenhotep IV changes his names (due to connotation with Amun-re) to Akhenaten, connotation with Aten. This occurred in Month 7, Year 5 of his reign.
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The Egyptian Government officially moves from Thebes to Akhetaten.
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Akhenaten makes worship of all previous gods (besides Aten and Re) illegal. This caused social confusion and began to lower perception of the pharaoh as god-king.
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Akhenaten and Nefertiti's fourth daughter are born.
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Mother of Akhenaten and wife of Amenhotep III dies in 1338BCE. Queen Tiy was highly respected and given a role in the reign of Akhenaten, however, was unable to perform this task well.
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Daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti dies in 1336BCE.
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Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, rises to the throne.
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Respected Nefertiti (often depicted as the same level as Akhenaten and perhaps ruled as co-regent) dies in 1335BCE.
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Additionally, Smenkhkare is suggested to have been co-regent with Akhenaten from c.1335-1332BCE.
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Akhetaten is abandoned and destroyed, the capital city returns to Memphis during the reign of Tutankhamun. However, Horemheb returns to capital city to Thebes.
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Horemheb rules Egypt from c.1320-1292BCE. He banned worship of Akhenaten and his monotheistic religion, working on Egypt after the decline of power.
