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.