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