Timeline of Armenian history

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Early History

Haik

Armens

Hayasa-Azzi

Nairi

Kingdom of Urartu

Kingdom of Armenia

Orontid Armenia

Artaxiad Dynasty

Arsacid Dynasty

Medieval History

Marzpanate Period

Byzantine Armenia

Bagratuni Armenia

Kingdom of Vaspurakan

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

Foreign Rule

Persian Domination

Ottoman Domination

Russian Domination

Hamidian Massacres

Armenian Genocide

Early Independence

Democratic Republic of Armenia

Soviet Armenia

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Modern Armenia

Republic of Armenia

Topical

Military history of Armenia

Timeline of Armenian history This box: view • talk • edit

Contents 1 Earliest 2 Urartu Kingdom 3 Armenia becomes a country 4 First Royal Dynasty of Armenia (190 B.C. - 1 A.D.) 5 The Second Armenian Royal Dynasty (53 A.D. - 423) 6 Marzpan period (428 - 640) 7 The Third Armenian Royal Dynasty (862- 1045) 8 The Armenian kingdom of Cilicia 9 Ottoman Empire

[edit] Earliest

• 2400 BC: The Indo-Europeans were people who migrated from Asia into Europe, settling on lands along the way. Armenian is one of the Indo-European language branches.
• 2300 BC: Haik creates the Armenian nation.

[edit] Urartu Kingdom

• 883 BC: Foundation of the Kingdom of Urartu with Aramé.
• 834-828 BC: Reign of Sarduri I who constructs Tushpa (Van).
• 810-785 BC: Reign of Menuas who conquers the Araratian fields.
• 785-763 BC: Reign of Argishtis I who creates the first Armenian Empire.
• 782 BC: Construction of the fortress of Erebuni (modern Yerevan).
• 585 BC: Conquest of Urartu by the Medes.

[edit] Armenia becomes a country

• 512 BC: Armenia is annexed to Persia by Darius I. Urartu is officially called Armenia for the first time in the Behistun inscription.
• 331 BC: Alexander the Great attacks Persia and defeats Darius III, but never conquers Armenia. As a result, Armenia regains its independence from Persia.
• 322 BC: The Armenian Orontid Kingdom is founded by King Yervand I.

[edit] First Royal Dynasty of Armenia (190 B.C. - 1 A.D.)

• 190 BC: Artaxias I reclaims Armenian sovereignty from the Seleucids by establishing the Artaxiad Dynasty with Artaxata as the capital.
• 95 BC: Accession of power by Tigranes the Great.
  • 93 BC: Invasion of Cappadocia
  • 88 BC: Conquest of Atropatene, Gordyene, and Osrhoene
  • 83 BC: Conquest of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia
  • 69 BC: Tigranes' army is defeated at the Battle of Tigranocerta against Lucullus' Roman army.
  • 68 BC: Lucullus is beaten off from Artaxata.
  • 67 BC: Lucullus is recalled to Rome.
  • 66 BC: Pompey invades Armenia, but returns to Roman land after being offered a generous sum of money by Tigranes.
• 55 BC: Death of Tigranes the Great. Artavasdes II continues to rule Armenia.
• 55 - 34 BC: Reign of Artavasdes.
• 1 AD: End of the Artaxiad Dynasty in Armenia.

[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.
  • ?: Roman Emperor Diocletianus offers Armenia the province of Atropatene.
  • 301: Armenia becomes the first official Christian state in the world, King Tirdat III proclaims Christianity as the official state religion of Armenia.
• 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)

• 451: The Battle of Avarayr, led by Vartan Mamikonian, secures the Christian religion in Armenia.

[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 begins.
• 1064: Ani, once the capital of Bagratid Armenia, is plundered by the Seljuk Turks and the population nearly all gone.

[edit] The Armenian kingdom of Cilicia

• 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 Mamelukes of Egypt.

[edit] Ottoman Empire

• Armenian Genocide: An estimated 1,500,000 are killed.