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The first Arab invasion under the leadership of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah devastates the region of Taron. 642: Arabs storm the city of Dvin killing 12,000 its inhabitants and taking 35,000 into slavery. 645: Theodorus Rshtuni and other Armenian nakharars accepted Muslim rule over Armenia. 650
2011 December 21: French National Assembly approves the Armenian genocide denial law. [109] Turkey recalls their ambassadors from France, lists several trade, military and political sanctions on France. [110] 2012: Yerevan the World Book Capital. [111] 2012 January 22: French Senate approves the Armenian genocide denial law. [112]
The Turkish–Armenian War (Armenian: Հայ-թուրքական պատերազմ), known in Turkey as the Eastern Front (Turkish: Doğu Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence, was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Turkish National Movement following the collapse of the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920.
1920 September 29-December 2: (Turkish and Soviet Invasion of Armenia) 1920 November 25: Simon Vratsian becomes Prime Minister; 1920 November 29: Soviet army in Yerevan and fall of Armenian government; 1920 December 3: Treaty of Alexandropol
Turkey and allies Opponent(s) Results Leaders President(s) Prime Minister(s) / Vice President(s) War of Independence (1919–1923) Franco-Turkish War (1918–1921) Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Turkish–Armenian War (1920) Ankara Government Greece France Armenia United Kingdom Istanbul Government Italy: Victory [1] Treaty of Lausanne
Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia (1920) First Republic of Armenia: Turkey Russian SFSR: Defeat. All of Western Armenia is given to Turkey; Rest of Armenia is Sovietized; Battle of Alexandropol (7 November 1920) - Turkish victory
In Spain, Leo V received the title of Lord of Madrid and stayed in Spain until 1390 when King John I of Castile died. [1] Throughout the centuries, Armenians arrived to Spain escaping war and uncertainties in their home country. Some Armenians partook in the age of exploration for Spain in the late 1400s and early 1500s. [1]
Siege of Van, Armenian troops holding a defense line against Ottoman forces in the walled city of Van in May 1915. On April 20, the resistance at the city of Van began. The Armenian defenders were protecting 30,000 residents and 15,000 refugees with 1,500 able bodied riflemen who were supplied with 300 rifles and 1,000 pistols and antique weapons.