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Timeline of Armenia

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The Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն) is a republic with a popularly elected executive president, a parliament, the National Assembly, elected in free multiparty elections and a government responsible to the parliament.

Urartu c 860 BC: Armenian tribes establish in present-day Armenia, Artsakh and surroundings the unified kingdom of Urartu. One of the first kings is Sarduri I. 786 BC: Under king Argishti Urartu reaches the highest point of its military might. 760s BC: Colchis destroys the state of Diauehi and shares it with Urartu. Median Empire c 590 BC: Urartu is conquered by Media. Persian Empire c 550 BC: The region is conquered by Achaemenid Persia, that replaces it by the Satrapy of Armenia. Kingdom of Armenia 331 BC: Satrap Orontes III separates the Satrapy from Persia and becomes king of Armenia, ruled by the Orontid Dynasty. 190 BC: Artaxias I becomes king of Armenia, bringing the Artaxiad dynasty to the throne, supported by the Hellenic Seleucid Empire. 83 BC: King Tigranes the Great defeats the Seleucid Empire and makes Armenia one of the most powerful states in the Middle East. 66 BC: Armenia becomes a client state of the Roman Empire, often disputed by the Parthian and Sasanian Empires (until and from 224 respectively). 35: King Pharasmanes of Iberia defeats the Parthian attack on Armenia. 51: King Pharasmanes attacks commences a war with his brother king Mithridates of Armenia. Pharasmanes' son, Rhadamistus kills Mithridates en becomes king of Armenia. 55: The Iberians are defeated by Parthians and the Parthian prince Tiridates becomes king. 58: The Roman Empire defeats the Parthians and brings Tigranes VI to the throne. 63: Tigranes VI is defeated by the Parthians and Tīridates becomes king again. 301: King Tiridates III makes Armenia a Christian nation. 387: In the Peace of Acilisene the Roman Empire and the Sassanian Persian Empire divide Armenia. Persian Empire 428: Eastern Armenia is annexed to Sassanian Persia. Arab Caliphate 654: Armenia emerges as the Emirate of Armenia, an autonomous principality within the Arab Caliphate, ruled by the Ummayads, reuniting Armenian lands previously taken by the Roman Empire as well. 750: The Ummayads are overthrown by the Abbasids. Kingdom of Armenia 884: Ashot separates Armenia from the Caliphate and becomes king of Armenia. 1000: Out of renmants of the disappeared Kingdom of Armenia the Kingdom of Artsakh is created. Roman Empire 1045: Armenia is annexed to the Roman Empire. Seljuk Empire 1071: Armenia is conquered by the Seljuk Empire. 1198-1375: An Armenian kingdom, the Cilician Armenia, is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is conquered by Egypt. Principality of Armenia 1201: During the collapse of the Seljuk Empire, a semi-independent principality in Northern and Eastern Armenia, rendered as Zakarid Armenia is established as a fief of Georgia. At the same times other Armenian entities are formed. Armenia is ruled by the Zakarids-Mkhargrzeli dynasty. 1236-1238: Georgia, with Armenia is subjugated by the Mongol Empire under Chormaqan. Gurkani 1370s: Armenia is conquered by Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire known as Gurkani. Kara Koyunlu 1406: Armenia is conquered by the Kara Koyunlu. Ak Koyunlu 1467s: Kara Koyunlu is defeated by the Ak Koyunlu. Persian Empire 1501: Armenia becomes divided in Western Armenia, conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and Eastern Armenia, conquered by Safavid Persia in 1501. Both empires fight each other, but this division between the Ottoman Empire and Persia is confirmed mid-16th century. 1736: Persia establishes the Erivan Khanate. Russian Empire 1813: Russia wins the war with Persia and in the Treaty of Gulistan, Persia is forced to irrevocably to cede a part of Northern Armenia to Russia. Western Armenia remains under Ottoman rule. 1826: Persia commences a war war to retake territory lost to Russia. 1826: Persia commences a war war to retake territory lost to Russia. 1828: After the Russian victory, Persia irrevocably cedes in the Treaty of Turkmenchay Persia cedes Armenia to Russia. 1915-1923: After a revolt in the Ottoman-Armenian city of Van a systematic extermination of 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians starts. Russian Republic 1917: After the revolutions commence in Russia, several entities are established on the territory of Russia. In Armenia the Armenian National Congress is established as a representation of the Armenians. The congress establishes the Armenian National Council as an executive. Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic 1918 : Transcaucasia secedes from Russia, including parts of (Eastern) Armenia. The Transcaucasian members of the Russian constituent assembly form the parliament of Transcaucasia. Democratic Republic of Armenia 1918: Within six weeks Transcaucasia falls apart in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Armenia becomes a parliamentary democracy. The Republic of Aras secedes. When Russia pulls out of the World War I with the Ottoman Empire, the Treaty of Batum is a peace settlement of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with the Ottoman Empire, which is rather positive for the Ottomans. Armenia and Azerbaijan dispute each borders, which leads to the Armenian–Azerbaijani War. A border conflict between Armenia and Georgia ends with the creation of Lori as a neutral zone. 1919: Armenia introduces universal suffrage. Armenia annexes the Southwestern Caucasus and Aras. The same year Aras is conquered by Azerbaijan. Following the defeat and the occupation of the Ottoman Empire, the Mustafa Kemal leads the Turkish War of Independence against Armenia and others. Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic 1920: The Ottoman invasion of Armenia as well as the disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan leads to a Soviet invasion and take over of Armenia. The Southwestern Caucasus is conquered by the Ottoman Empire. It ends the war with Azerbaijan. The Democratic Republic is defeated by the communists. Armenia becomes a communist republic, a Soviet puppet state. 1921: When communists take power in Armenia, an uprising takes place and is defeated. Republic of Mountainous Armenia 1921: When communists take power in Armenia, Mountainous Armenia is formed on territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Mountainous Armenia is governed by a provisional government. 1921: The Treaty of Kars leads to a final divison of Armenia between the Soviets and Turkey. Mountainous Armenia is reincorporated into Soviet-Armenia and Soviet-Azerbaijan the same year. Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 1922: After communist seize power in these countries, The Armenian SSR joins Georgia and Azerbaijan in Transcaucasia, a client state of Russia. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922: Russia forms together with Belarus, Transcaucasia and Ukraine the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, shortly the Soviet Union, of which these states become constituent states. The Armenian SSR is a constituent state through Transcaucasia. 1936: Transcaucasia is dissolved and the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic becomes a separate constituent republic. 1990: In Armenia the communist dictatorship is overthrown. Republic of Armenia 1991: An attempt to overthrow Mikhael Gorbachev by a communist group is defeated. It marks the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact and the Comecon are disbanded. The parliament of the Armenian SSR is elected in free-multiparty elections on a universal suffrage. The parliament proclaims the secession of the Soviet Union as the Republic of Armenia. The government is responsible to the parliament. Parliament, the National Assembly is elected in free multiparty elections. Armenia is a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. 1992: Armenia joins the United Nations. 1994: Armenia is a founding member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The Bishkek Protocol between Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan and Armenia leads to a cease fire and the de facto independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. 1995: Armenia gets a popularly elected executive president. 2001: Armenia joins the Council of Europe. 2015: Armenia is a founding member of the Eurasian Economic Union.