859 BC – Mentioning of Arame – the first king of Urartu in the Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions

550 BC – Mentioning of the Armenian kingdom in Xenophon’s chronicles

520 BC – Mentioning of Arminiya country and Armina people in Persian king Dareh’s Behistun stone

3rd c. BC – Foundation of capital Artashat (Hellenistic period) and the Armenian theatre

95 – 56 BC – The reign of the king Tigran IInd (Artashessyan dynasty). The strengthening of the Armenian statehood

1st c. AD – The construction of the Sun Temple in Garni

66 – 428 – The reign of Arshakumiats dynasty

301 – The adoption of Christianity as state religion

387 – The division of Armenia between Rome and Persia

405 – Unique modern alphabet was invented by Mesrop Mashtots

451 – Avarair battle. Vardan Mamikonyan’s battle against Persian

885 – The start of Bagratuni dynasty (885 – 1045) and the reinstatement of the Armenian statehood

1045 – The occupation of Armenia by Byzantine and Seljuk Turks

1080 – 1198 – The Cilician duchy of the Rubinyan dynasty

1198 – 1375 – The Kingdom of the Armenian Cilicia

1236 – The beginning of the Mongolian invasion into Armenia

1639 – The division of Armenia between Ottoman Turkey and Persia

1724 – The creation of the independent Armenian Duchy in Kapan by David Bek

1828 – The creation of the Armenian region within the Russian Empire

1849 – The creation of the Yerevan state within the Russian Empire

1915 – The genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey

1918 – Sardarapat, Gharakilisa and Bash – Aparan battles against Turkish army

1918 – The proclamation of the first Armenian Republic

1920 – The proclamation of the Soviet Armenian Republic

1991 – The proclamation of the Armenian Republic