| 1895............... |
Introduction
of the reformation plan for the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire by the
major European powers |
| 1895/96 |
Armenian massacres
by Sultan Hamid |
| 1896 |
Occupation of Bank
Ottoman |
| 1903 |
The Russian goverment
attempts to confiscate the Church estates of St. Etchmiadzin |
| 1905/6 |
Armenian-Tatar fighting
in Baku, Yerevan, Nakhichevan, Kharabagh, Zankezur, Gonja and Tbilisi |
| 1907 |
Death of Khrimian
Hayrig |
| 1908 |
Proclamation of Ottoman
Constitution |
| 1909 |
Massacres of Adana |
| 1914-18 |
First World War |
| 1914-15 |
Creation of Armenian
Voluntary Brigades |
| April
24, 1915 |
Beginning
of the Armenian Genocide. Armenian intellectuals and leaders arrested in
Constantinople |
| 1915-1917 |
Armenian
Genocide |
| 1915 |
The heroic resistance
of Van under the leadership of Aram Manougian |
| 1915 |
The resistance of
Shabin Karahisar |
| 1915 |
The heroic resistance
of Musa Dagh and Urfa |
| 1917 |
Following the February
revolution in Russia, creation of special Committee liar Transcausasia
(OZAKOM). Pans of Western Armenia liberated by Armenian and Russian fighters
is declared as a separate region. |
| May 28, 1918 |
Following the heroic
battles of Sartarabad, Bash Abaran and Gharakilise, Armenia declares independence. |
| 1919 |
Official proclamation
of united and independent Armenia |
| Aug. 10, 1920 |
Treaty of Sevres |
| Dec. 2, 1920 |
Fall of the Independent
Republic of Armenia |
| 1921 |
Popular revolt against
the Communist rule in Armenia |
| 1921 |
Assassination of Talaat
Pasha by Soghomon Tehlirian |
| 1930 |
Establishment of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon |
| 1955 |
Election and Consecration
of H.H. Vasken I, Catholicos of all Armenians |
| 1956 |
Election and Consecration
of H.H. Zareh I, Catholicos of Cilicia |
| 1963 |
Death of Catholicos
Zareh I |
| 1963 |
Election and consecration
of H.H. Khoren I, Catholicos of Cilicia |
| 1977 |
Election and consecration
of H.H. Karekin II, Coadjutor Catholicos of Cilicia |
| 1983 |
Death of H.H. Khoren
I, Catholicos of Cilicia |
| 1988 |
Beginning of popular
demonstrations in Armenia for the liberation of Artsakh (Nagomo Karabagh) |
| Dec. 7, 1988 |
Disastrous Earthquake
of Armenia |
| 1990 |
Parliamentary elections
in Armenia. Formation of the national parliament Election of Levon Ter-Petrossian,
President of the Parliament |
| 1990 |
Adoption of the process
of independence of Armenia |
| 1990 |
Adoption of Tricolor
as national flag of the new republic |
| 1991 |
Adoption of "Mer Hayrenik'
as national anthem for the new republic Armenia becomes an independent
country lbllowing the overwhelming approval of a national referendum. |
| Oct. 16, 1991 |
Levon
Ter-Petrossian becomes Armenia's first democratically
Elected president. |
| 1991 |
AT&T begins direct-dial
long-distance service to Armenia |
| Nov. 11, 1991 |
Levon Ter-Petrossyan
is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Armenia |
| 1991 |
President Ter-Petrossyan
meets for the first time with U.S. President George Bush |
| 1991 |
President Ter-Petrossyan
meets with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in Ottawa |
| Dec. 25, 1991 |
U.S. President George
Bush announces that the United States officially recognizes the independent
Republic of Armenia |
| 1992 |
U.S. Embassy opens
in Armenia, the first foreign country to set up a diplomatic mission in
Armenia |
| March 1992 |
Embassy of the Republic
of Armenia in Washington, DC opens its doors and Armenia becomes a member
of the United Nations |
| April 1992 |
Armenia is the first
of the former Soviet republics to sign a comprehensive bilateral trade
agreement with the United States |
| April 1992 |
Armenia signs the
Paris Charter of the Conference on Security and Cooperation (CSCE) in Europe
thus becoming a member of the organization, which is a forum for European
countries to discuss defense, human rights, and economic cooperation |
| May 1992 |
Armenia submits a
formal request to the United Nations Security Councilto convene to address
the conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh. The Security Council meets on May 12
and decides to send a fact-finding mission to Nagorno-Karabagh |
| May 1992 |
Armenia becomes the
163rd country and the sixth former Soviet republic to sign the Articles
of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund thus becoming a member
of the organization. |
| June 1992 |
Armenian Foreign Minister
Raffi Hovannisian attends and is a featured speaker at the North Atlantic
Cooperation Council Meeting in Oslo, Norway, largely focusing on the need
for an immediate cease-fire by Azerbaijan and Nagomo-Karabagh and international
mediation to resolve the conflict through peaceful negotiations |
| 1992 |
Armenia suspends its
participation in the third round of the Preliminary Emergency Meeting of
the Minsk Group, which had been convened by the CSCE to address the conflict
in Nagomo-Karabagh. Armenia cites obstruction by the Turkish and Azerbaijani
delegations in preventing consensus among the 11 participating countries
and failure to find a way to allow the elected representatives of Nagorno-Karabagh
to participate in the peace talks as the compelling reasons for its action |
| 1992 |
U.S. Peace Corps start-up
team arrives in Yerevan, Armenia's capital city, to begin setting up an
official Peace Corps office and full-scale volunteer program in Armenia.
Forty Peace Corps volunteers are scheduled to arrive in Yerevan on December
7, 1992, for a two-year stint |
| 1992 |
Armenia is accepted
as an Observer to the Non-Aligned Movement during its summit meeting in
Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Sept. 10, 1992 |
Armenia becomes the
168th member of the Word Bank, under the sponsorship of the Netherands |
| 1994 |
Catholicos
Vazgen I passes away in Yerevan |
| 1995 |
Election and Consecration
of His Holiness Karekin I,
Catholicos of all Armenians |
| 1995 |
Election and consecration
of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia |
| 1998 |
President Levon Ter
Bedrossian elected for a second term. |
| 1998 |
President Levon Ter
Bedrossian resigns |
| 1998 |
Robert
Kocharian is Elected President of Armenia |
| June 29, 1999 |
H.H. Karekin I, Catholicos
of all Armenians passes away in Yerevan |
| Oct. 27, 1999 |
Armed gunmen enter the National Assembly building in Yerevan and shoot
dead eight members of the Armenian Parliament -- including the former Defense
Minister and Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisyan, and the Speaker of the Parliament,
former Communist-era leader, Karen Demirchyan. |
| Oct. 27, 1999 |
H.H. Karekin II Nersissian
was elected the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians |
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