The History Main Events
2104 BC | Armenian state established by Hayk Patriarch in the vicinity of Lake Van |
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XVII BC | Hayasa union of tribes (from Hittites written sources) on Northwest of Armenian Highland |
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XIV-XI BC | Kingdom of Nairi |
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782 BC | Fortress of Erebuni (Happy Site) founded |
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585 BC | Urartu collapsed by Median invasion |
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595 BC | Yervanduny Dynasty established by Paruyr Skayordy |
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189 BC | Almost entire Armenian Plateau included in a kingdom by Artashes I |
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94-84 BC | The kingdom expanded by Tigran II the Great to Kilikia and Palestine (Armenia from Caspian sea to Mediterranean sea). |
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69-6 BC | Period of wars with Rome |
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63 AD | Arshakuny Dynasty established by Trdat I (63-428 AD) |
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301 | Christianity adopted as State Religion |
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384 | Principles of Armenian Church proclaimed at II Universal Nikean Council (unchanged since then) |
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387 | Armenia divided between Sassanid Persia and Roman Empire |
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405 | Armenian alphabet shaped by Mesrop Mashtots |
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IV-V AD | "Golden Age" of Armenian literature |
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451 | Battle of Avarayr in defense of Christianity |
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640 | Arab invasion on Armenia |
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VIII AD | University founded at monastery of Tatev |
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VI-IX | Pavlikian and Tondrakian heresies spread over Armenia and Asia Minor. |
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885 | Bagratuny Dynasty established by Ashot I (885-1045 AD) |
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1021 | Byzantine invasion on Armenia |
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1048 | The first wave of Seljuk Turks on Armenian Highland |
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1080 | Armenian Kingdom of Kilikia (Armenia Minor) established by Ruben |
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1375 | Egyptian Sultanate invasion on Kilikia, fall of Armenian kingdom |
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1512 | First book printed in Armenian |
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1555 | Armenia divided by Sefevide Persia and Ottoman Empire |
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1727 | Armenian princedoms of Karabakh repel Ottoman aggression |
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1813 | By Giulystan Treaty princedoms of Karabakh proceed under Russian rule |
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1828 | Eastern Armenia (left from Araks River) included in Russian Empire |
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1877-1878 | Russian-Turkish war. Kars province included in Russian Empire |
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July 1878 | Armenian problem discussed at Berlin Congress |
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1885-1890 | Ramkavar-Azatakan, Hnchak and Dashnakcutiun political parties founded |
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1895-1896 | Over 400.000 Armenians massacred in Ottoman Empire |
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April 24, 1915 | Genocide of Armenians in Western Armenia begun |
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May 28, 1918 | Independence of the Republic of Armenia declared |
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1919 | State University established |
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November 1920 | Republic of Armenia occupied by Bolsheviks |
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February 1921 | People's uprising against Bolshevik oppression |
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1921-1936 | Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia included in Trans-Caucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the USSR |
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1923 | Nakhichevan and Karabakh provinces of Armenia transfered to Soviet Azerbaijan by bolsheviks |
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1936 | New Constitution adopted. Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic directly included in Soviet |
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1933-1961 | Industrialization of Armenian SSR |
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1978 | Metsamor nuclear power plant launched |
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February 1988 | Referendum in Mountainous Karabakh autonomous region on secession from Azerbaijani SSR. Massacres of Armenians in Azerbaijan |
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1991-May 1994 | Full-scale armed conflict in Mountainous Karabakh |
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21.10.1991 | Independence of the Republic of Armenia proclaimed |
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1992 | Membership to the Commonwealth of Independent States |
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1999 | First Pan-Armenian Games |
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2001 | 1700 Anniversary of adoption of Christianity as state religion. |
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2005 | 1600 Anniversary of shaping of the Armenian alphabet. |
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2015 | 100 Anniversary of Genocide of Armenians |