Календарь

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3rd of september

• 1804 - Russian forces lift their seige of Fort Yerevan and return to Georgia.
• 1826 - The Russian army, led by General V.G.Madatov, defeats the Persians in the battle of Shamkhor.

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4 of september

• 1834 - The Muradian College, created by the Mkhitarist Congregation of Venice, opens in Padua (northern Italy).
• 1890 - Birth of Stepan Zoryan (writer) in Vanadzor. He died in 1967.

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5 of september

• 1835 - Birth of the armenologist Karapet Ezyan (Ezov) in Moscow. He died in 1905 in St. Petersburg.
• 1835 - Birth of Armenag Haikuni - Hambardzoom Djezmejyan - (writer, translator) in Constantinople. He died in 1866.
• 1835 - Birth of the novelist Raffi (Hakop Melik-Hakopyan), in Paianjue (Salmast, Iran). He died in 1888 in Tbilissi (Georgia).
• 1877 - The Tsar confirms the additional statutes on the serfs of Yerevan and Akhltskha Provinces.
• 1969 - Death of academician Meliksetbek (armenologist) in Tbilissi (Georgia).

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6 of september

• 1831 - Birth of Khoren Galfayan - Nar Pey - (public figure) in Constantinople. He died in 1892.
• 1934 - Opening of Ghapan's ore (copper/molybdenum) concentration plant.
• 1956 - Socialist twinning of Yerevan and Kiev (Ukrainian SSR).
• 1965 - The International Conference on the Theory of Analytical Functions opens in Yerevan.

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7of september

• 1878 - The Treaty of Berlin returns Karin (Western Armenia) to Turkey and puts the Armenian Reforms in Western Armenia in jeopardy.
• 1925 - Birth of Aghasi Aivazyan (writer).

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8 of september

• 1814 - Birth of Aghasi Aghbar (troubadour). He died in 1844.
• 1855 - End of the ten-month defense of Sebastopol.
• 1914 - Creation of the Armenian Volunteer Brigade.

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9 of september

• 1919 - Illegal meeting of Bolsheviks in Yerevan. Election of the Committee for Armenia (ArmCom).
• 1923 - Opening of the Armenian pavilion at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow

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10 of september

• 1826 - End of the heroic defense of Fort Shooshee (Artsakh).
• 1869 - Birth of cleric and ethno-musicologist Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonyan) in Kutina (Western Armenia). He died in Paris in 1935.
• 1890 - Birth of Franz Werfel in Prague (Austrian novelist). He wrote "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh" (1933), a best-selling epic tale of Armenian resistance to the Turkish Genocide of 1915. He died in 1945.
• 1896 - Armenian massacres begin in Akn.
• 1898 - Andreas Artehruni (scientist) dies in Germany. He was born in 1847.
• 1920 - The conference of Armenia's Communist organizations opens in Baku.

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11 of september

• 1836 - The Raphaelian College of the Mkhitarist Congregation opens in Venice.
• 1836 - Birth of Tigran Tshookhadjiyan - composer and creator of the first Armenian opera - in Constantinople. He died in 1898 in Smyrna.

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12 of september

• 1795 - Shah Aha-Muhammad occupies Tbilissi (Georgia).
• 1801 - Tsar Alexander the First proclaims the annexation of Georgia, Loree, Pambak, Kazakh, and Borchaloo Provinces to the Russian Empire.
• 1828 - Russian forces and Armenian militia occupy Toprakhkaleh and liberate Alashkert.
• 1828 - Birth of Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (public figure) in Constantinople. He died in 1868.
• 1870 - Birth of Yeghisheh Tadevossyan (artist). He died in 1936.

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13 of september

• 1399 - Tamerlane starts his third invasion of Armenia. By 1403, he had conquered Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Syria.
• 1406 - Kara-Jusuf defeated Abubakr and occupied Tabriz (Iran).
• 1826 - 8000 Russian troops, commanded by General Paskevitch, defeat the 25000 troops of Abbas Mirza near Elizavetpol (Gyandja).
• 1838 - Opening of the Skootar Academy in Constantinople.

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14 of september

• 1854 - The allies check the advance in Crimea during the Crimean War.
• 1934 - The Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Armenian SSR and the Council of the People's Committee create the People's Commissariat of Internal Trade.
• 1958 - The Kotayk irrigation canal is operational.

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15 of september

• 1813 - Tsar Alexander the First thanks the Armenians of Georgia for helping the Russian army in Georgia.
• 1856 - H. Svatchyan starts publishing the bi-weekly (subsequently, every 10 days) "Bee" review in Constantinople. From 1872 to 1874 it was published by H. Paronyan.
• 1889 - Opening of the Caucasian Agricultural and Industrial Products Exhibition in Tbilissi (Georgia).
• 1929 - The First "Eradicate Illiteracy" Congress opens in Yerevan.
• 1939 - Celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the "Sasoontsi Davit" epic.

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16 of september

• 1822 - Birth of the writer Hovsep Shishmanyan (Tserents) in Constantinople. He died in 1888 in Tbilissi.
• 1943 - Death of Hoonan Avetisyan (war hero) in battle. He was born in 1914.
• 1980 - The Arpa-Sevan underground tunnel's Ketshoot section is operational.

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17 of september

• 1785 - Start of the assault by Avara Umma Khan against Georgia and Armenia (Borchaloo, Akhtala, Loree).
• 1882 - Death of Catholicos Gevorg the Fourth.