[edit] Earliest [edit] Mitanni Kingdom [edit] Urartu Kingdom [edit] Armenia becomes a country [edit] First Royal Dynasty of Armenia (190 B.C. - 1 A.D.) [edit] The Second Armenian Royal Dynasty (53 A.D. - 423) - 53: Tiridates I reaffirms Armenian independence by founding the Arshakuni Dynasty.
- 58: Roman general Corbulo invades Armenia with the assistance of the Iberians and Commagenians.
- 66: Tiridates is crowned in Rome by Nero, after he and Corbulo came to an agreement.
- 72: War against the Alans
- ?: Death of Tiridates I
- ? - 110: Reign of Sanatruces I/Sanatruk, during which the Apostles Thadeus and Bartholomew preach Christianity in Armenia.
- 228 onwards: Chosroes II of Armenia repels Sassanid invasions.
- 287: Beginning of the reign of Tiridates III.
- 330: End of Tiridates III's reign.
- 387: Division of Armenia into Western and Eastern parts. The latter keeps its independence.
- 392: Armenia regains its might by the coronation of King Vramshapouh in 392.
- 406: Mesrop Mashtots invents the Armenian alphabet.
- 428: End of the Arshakuni Dynasty.
[edit] Marzpan period (428 - 640) [edit] The Third Armenian Royal Dynasty (862 - 1045) - 861-862: Ashot I Bagratuni is recognized as prince of princes by the Baghdad court, followed by a war against local Muslim emirs.
- 885: Ashot wins and is thus recognized King of the Armenians by Baghdad in 885.
- 886: Formal recognition of Armenian sovereignty by Constantinople.
- 891: King Ashot I dies and is succeeded by his son Smbat I, in 892.
- 961: King Ashot III (953-977) transfers the capital from Kars to Ani, which came to be considered the "City of a 1001 Churches" which rivaled other metropolises like Baghdad and Constantinople.
- 1045: Armenia falls to Byzantine troops, and an exodus from the Armenian lands begins.
- 1064: Byzantine Ani, once the capital of Bagratid Armenia, is conquered and destroyed by the Seljuk Turks.
- 1072: The Seljuks sell Ani to the Shaddadid, a Kurdish tribe ruling a territory coinciding with modern day Armenia.
[edit] The Armenian kingdom of Cilicia (1078 - 1375) - 1078: Establishment of the Armenian Principality of Cilicia, led by the Rubenid dynasty.
- 1095: The First Crusade is launched by Pope Urban I.
- 1187: Debut of Leon II's reign as prince.
- 1198: Leon II "the Magnificent" managed to secure his crown, becoming the first King of Armenian Cilicia.
- 1219: Death of Leon II.
- 1375: Fall of the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia to the Mameluks of Egypt and their Ramazanoğlu vassals.
[edit] Under Tribal Turkish, Kurdish and Mongol rule (1071 - 1520) - 1071: After the Battle of Manzikert, Seljuk dominance is established over Anatolia and a large number of Turkish tribes migrate to the region.
- 1072: The Seljuks sell Ani to the Shaddadid, a Kurdish tribe ruling a territory coinciding with modern day Armenia.
- 1194-1241: After the decline of the Seljuk dominace in the region, Eastern Anatolia is ruled by a slew of Turkish emirates and tribes, such as the Sökmenli, Mengücek, Saltuklu and the Artuklu.
- 1241-1244: Mongol Invasion of Anatolia, much of the sedentary population of Armenia is slaughtered.
- 1256-1335: Turco-Mongol rule continues in Eastern Anatolia under the Ilkhanate rulers and their Turkish and Kurdish vassals.
- 1335-1400: The decline of Mongol power leads Armenia to be dominated once again by Turkish tribes such as the Eretna and the Chobanids.
- 1400: Tamerlane's devastating invasion of Georgia, Armenia and Central Anatolia leads to the slaughter of large portions of the population of Armenia and the enslavement of over 60,000 people from Anatolia and the Caucasus.
- 1405: After Tamerlane's death, Anatolia becomes a battleground between the rival tribal confederations of the Ak Koyunlu and the Kara Koyunlu.
- 1502: The fanatical Shi'ite Safavid Dynasty is established in Persia, that conquers most of Armenia.
- 1520: Large portions of Armenia are conquered by Selim I.
[edit] Ottoman & Persian Rule - 1461: Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople established by then the Ottoman Emperor, Mehmed II.
- 1478: Armenian migration to Bruges, Belgium.
- 1512: Printing of first Armenian books.
- 1514: The ferocious Ottoman Safavid wars rage in the Armenian Highlands, the Ottomans gain Western Armenia.
- 1519: Decree of King Sigismund I that Armenians in Poland by governed under code of laws by Mkhitar Gosh.
- 1519-1528: The first Jelali revolts; clashes between Sunnite Turks and Kurds and Shi'ite Qizilbash cause friction in Eastern Anatolia.
- 1532-1555: The second series of Ottoman-Persian wars rage in Armenia
- 1567: Establishment of Armenian printing press in Constantinople.
- 1598-1611: Continuation of the devastating Jelali revolts in Anatolia.
- 1603-1618: Shah Abbas of Persia invades Ottoman Armenia.
- 1623-1639: The final Ottoman-Safavid War rages in Armenia.
- 1637-1695: Eremia Kiumurjian, historian, poet, musician.
- 1648: Major earthquake in Van.
- 1712-1795: Sayat Nova, renowned Armenian poet troubadour.
- 1747: The Persians establish the Karabakh Khanate.
- 1759: Arrival of Hovsep Emin in Armenia
- 1778: Establishment of Nor Nakhichevan
- 1809-1848: Khachatur Abovian, novelist poet, playwright
- 1810,1818: Zeitountsi revolts
- 1811: Mkhitarist order of Vienna founded
- 1813: Treaty of Gulistan
- 1824: Founding of Nersessian Academy in Tiflis
- 1826-1858: Nickolas Balian, architect in Constantinople
- 1827: Occupation of Yerevan by Russian forces
- 1828: Treaty of Turkmanchay awards Nakhichevan and area around Erevan to Russia, strengthening Russian control of Transcaucasus.
[edit] Russian Empire - 1827 Occupation of Yerevan by Russian forces
- 1828 Treaty of Turkmanchay awards Nakhichevan and area around Erevan to Russia, strengthening Russian control of Transcaucasus.
- 1836 The Russian government enacts the Polozhenie, a statute greatly restricting the power of the Armenian Church.[1]
[edit] Democratic Republic of Armenia, 1918-1922 - March 3 1918, The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk gives Kars, Ardahan and Batum regions to the Ottoman Empire.
- May 22 1918, Battle of Sardarapat.
- May 28, 1918 The Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians declares the Democratic Republic of Armenia from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
- August 4, 1918 General Lionel Charles Dunsterville leads a British expeditionary force into Baku, making himself the city's military governor.
- October 30, 1918 The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros, agreeing to leave the Transcaucasus. As military governor of Baku, General Dunsterville arranges a temporary peace between the Azeris and Armenians. Meanwhile, the Democratic Republic of Armenia assumes control of Western Armenia, now that the Ottomans are forced to leave.
[edit] Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic [edit] Armenia [edit] References - ^ Suny, Ronald Grigor; "Eastern Armenians under Tsarist Rule" in Armenian People, p. 115
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