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26 of july

• 1905 - Civil unrest in Bitlis (Western Armenia).
• 1989 - The District Council of Shahumian invokes its right to self-determination and joins Artsakh.
• 2000 - Death of Alan Vaness Chakmakjian (Alan Hovhanness), composer. He was born in 1911.

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28 of july

• 1856 - Ghars is ceded to Turkey according to the Treaty of Paris.
• 1885 - Birth of Artashes Melik-Adamyan (physician). He died in 1949
• 1978 - Inauguration, in Spitak, of the monument dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the integration of Eastern Armenia into the Russian Empire.

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29 of july

• 1850 - The Caucasian Geography Section of the Russian Geographical Society is created in Tbilissi (Georgia).
• 1903 - Demonstration in Alexandropol (Gyumri) against the confiscation of church property by the Tsar.
• 1928 - Birth of Constantine Orbelyan (composer and conductor).

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30 of july

• 1768 - Tsarina Ekatherina (Catherine) the Second's proclamation on Echmiadsin's rights.
• 1946 - The Supreme Soviet of the USSR confirms the law on the Five-year Plan for the Development and Reestablishment of the National Economy of the USSR.

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31 of july

• 1918 - Temporary loss of Soviet power in Baku and creation of the "Central Caspian Dictatorship".

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1 of august

• 1766 - Catholicos Simeon Yerevantsi sends a message to Tsarina Ekaterina (Catherine) the Second, asking for help on behalf of Armenia.
• 1817 - Birth of Hovhannes Aivazovsky (seascape artist) in Feodosia (the Ukraine). He died in 1900.
• 1862 - Armenians meet in Constantinopole and ask the Sultan to ratify the National Constitution
• 1894 - Defense of Sassoon (Western Armenia) against Turkish attacks.
• 1896 - 500 Kurds are brought to Constantinople by the Turkish Government to help carry out the Genocide of the Armenians there.
• 1903 - Birth of Goorgen Mahari (writer). He died in 1969.
• 1905 - Tsar Nicholas the Second abrogates his 1903 06 12 law closing Armenian Parish Schools. They are reopened.
• 1919 - The Armenian Parliament opens in Yerevan.
• 1934 - Opening of the First Congress of Armenia's Soviet Writers.
• 1954 - The All-Union Agricultural Exhibition reopens in Moscow.

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2nd of august

• 1809 - Death of Hovsep Emin (public figure in the Armenian political emancipation movement) in Calcutta (India). He was born in 1726 in Hamadan (Iran).
• 1862 - Start of the Zeitoon rebellion against Turkish exactions.
• 1873 - Death of Mser Mseryants (public figure and philologist) in Moscow. He was born in 1808 in Smyrna.

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3rd of august

• 1896 - First general meeting of the Hnchak Party in London (England).
• 1903 - Demonstration in Yerevan against the law confiscating Church properties by the State (Russian Empire).

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4 of august

• 1672 - Birth of Tsar (since 1682) Peter the Great. He died in 1725.
• 1903 - Catholicos Mkrtitsh Khrimian (Hairik) ordered the Synod not to publish the law on the confiscation of church properties by the state (Russian Empire) of 1903 06 12.

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5 of august

• 1905 - Birth of Artem Mikoyan, Armenian air-craft designer. He died in 1970.
• 1930 - The Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissariats of the Armenian SSR dissolves the administrative districts of Armenia and reorganizes them into 25 regions.
• 1935 - Opening of the Leninakan (Gyumri) meat plant.

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6 of august

• 1843 - Birth, at Adrianople, of Hakob Paronyan (playwright, satirist). He died in 1891.

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7 of august

• 1837 - The Turkish army defeats the Kurdish tribes at Mount Alaj.
• 1935 - Death of Alexander Shirvanzade (writer, playwright) in Kislovodsk. He was born in 1858 in Shamakh.

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10 of august

• 1472 - Battle of Konya and the defeat of the Aghkoyoonloos.
• 1724 - The Turks occupy Nakhichevan and Ordubad.
• 1840 - Baltazaryan publishes the "Arshaluis Araratian" periodical in Smyrna.
• 1861 - Mser and Zarmair Mseryan publish the bi-weekly "Russian Messenger" periodical.
• 1897 - Start of the Dashnak-led battle of Khanasor.
• 1920 - Legrand, the Soviet Russian ambassador signs an agreement with the Armenian government.
• 1920 - Signing of the Treaty of Sevres., which deal with Armenia in Section 6 (articles 88-91) President Wilson defines the western border of Western Armenia. Turkey recognizes Armenia. The Treaty is not notified and Turkey resumes its killing of the remaining Armenians in Western Armenia.

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12 of august

* 1473 - Battle of Derjan.

* 1914 - Tsar Nicolas the Second proclaims martial law in the Caucasus.

* 1951 - Death of Yervand Shahaziz in Yerevan. He was born in 1856.

* 1961 - The Council of Ministers of the USSR decides to divert part of the Arpa river to lake Sevan so as to maintain the lake's level. A 30km-long tunnel is to be built for this purpose.

13 of august

* 1819 - Birth of Petros Shanshyan (public figure) in Tbilissi (Georgia). He died in 1899.

* 1878 - Start of the Zeitoon (Western Armenia) rebellion.

* 1992 - President Clinton states "the Genocide of 1915, years of communist dictatorship, and the devastating earthquake of 1988 have caused great suffering in Armenia during this century".

15 of august

* 1887 - Death of Grigor Otyan (public figure) in Paris. He was born in 1834.

* 1896 - Start of the 12-day occupation of Constantinople's Ottoman Bank to protest the situation in Western Armenia.

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16 of August

• 1845 - Takhiadyan starts to publish the "Patriot" weekly in Calculta. In 1848 it is renamed the "Patriot of Ararat". It ceased publication in 1852.
• 1991 - The armed women of the "Parandzem" detachment forced the surrender of 43 Soviet Army soldiers during hostilities in Haterk (Artsakh).