2492 BC   Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.

451    Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity.

1955    Istanbul Pogrom: Istanbul's Greek and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.

1992    The Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.