18 of august
* 1826 - The Armenian cathedral of Constantinople, including many valuble manuscripts and documents, catches fire. The church was in Gum-Gapu (Constantinople.)
* 1876 - Birth of Shooshanik Kiurghinyan (poet) in Alexandropol. She died in 1927.
* 1910 - Birth of Harootyoon Kalents (artist). He died in 1967.
* 1917 - Hovhannissyan publishes the "Support" newspaper in Shooshee (Artsakh).
* 1993 - Ghapan (Armenia) suffers heavy bombardment by Azeri Turkish forces.
* 1994 - Catholicos Vazgen the First passes away in Yerevan. He was born in 1908.