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1918 in Armenia

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Decades:
  
1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s

The following lists events that happened during 1918 in Armenia.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prime Minister: Hovhannes Katchaznouni
  • Speaker of the Parliament: Avetik Sahakyan

    • March

  • ? - The Armenian–Azerbaijani War begins.

    • May

  • May 21-29 - The Ottoman World War I defeat at the Battle of Sardarabad is seen as saving the Armenian nation from destruction.
  • May 25-28 - Outnumbered Armenian defenders defeat invading Ottoman forces in the Battle of Karakilisa.
  • May 28 - Armenia declares its independence as the Democratic Republic of Armenia.

    • June

  • June 4 - The First Republic of Armenia signs its first treaty, the Treaty of Batum. The other signatories are the Ottoman Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

    • December

  • December 1-31 - The Georgian–Armenian War is fought.
  • December 18 - Armenpress, the oldest news agency in Armenia, is founded.

    • Births

  • September 30 - Gevorg Emin, poet, essayist and translator

    • Deaths

  •  ? - Hambardzum Arakelian, journalist, writer and activist, founder of The Relief Committee for Armenian migrants and the Armenian Popular party

    • References

    1918 in Armenia Wikipedia
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