Timeline of Armenian national movement
Encyclopedia
Timeline of Armenian national movement covers the activities of ethnic Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire
to obtain the independence; the Armenian national awakening in the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian national movement
was a distributed movement toward establishing Armenian national state
. It was formulated by Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
, Armenakan
, Armenian Revolutionary Federation
, Armenian Patriotic Society of Europe
.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
to obtain the independence; the Armenian national awakening in the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian national movement
Armenian national movement
Armenian national movement, also known as the "Armenian revolutionary movement" and Armenian national liberation movement was the Armenian national effort to re-establish an Armenian state in the historic Armenian homelands of eastern Asia Minor and the Transcaucasus...
was a distributed movement toward establishing Armenian national state
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. It was formulated by Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party , is the oldest of the Armenian political parties and was the first Socialist party in the Ottoman Empire and in Persia...
, Armenakan
Armenakan
Armenakan may denote:*Armenian Democratic Liberal Party , historically known as the Armenakan Party from 1885 until 1921*Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party, an Armenian Party established in 2009 as a splinter group from the Armenian Liberal Democratic Party...
, Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian...
, Armenian Patriotic Society of Europe
Armenian Patriotic Society of Europe
The Armenian Patriotic Society of Europe was founded in 1885 by Garabed Hagopian and Mekertich Portukalian. Its goal was to facilitate the Armenian Diaspora in providing aid in their native land, both financially and politically due to their oppressed condition. Its headquarters were in Chesilton...
.
Pre-State Timeline
- 1889: Bashkaleh ResistanceBashkaleh ResistanceThe Bashkale Resistance was the bloody encounter between three revolutionaries of Armenakan and the some Ottoman officials on May 1889. Even though it is named as Bashkale Resistance, the event happened in the Van Province...
- 1890: Kum Kapu Affray
- 1894: Sasun ResistanceSasun Resistance (1894)The Sassoun resistance of 1894 or also known as First Sassoun resistance was the conflict between Ottoman Empire's forces and the Armenian militia belong to Armenian national movement's Hunchak party at the Sassoun region.- Background :...
- 1896: Defense of VanDefense of VanThe 1896 Defense of Van or Van Rebellion was an act of self-defense by the Armenian population in Van against the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire in June 1896.- Background :...
- 1896: 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover1896 Ottoman Bank TakeoverThe 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover was the seizing of the Ottoman Bank in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, on 26 August 1896, by members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
- 1897: Khanasor ExpeditionKhanasor ExpeditionThe Khanasor Expedition was an attack by an Armenian irregular unit against the Kurdish Mazrik tribe on July 25, 1897. In 1896, in the aftermath of the Defense of Van, the Mazrik tribe had ambushed and slaughtered many of the Armenian defenders of Van as they were retreating into Persia...
- 1904: Sasun Uprising
- 1905: Yildiz AttemptYildiz AttemptYıldız assassination attempt was an assassination attempted on Sultan Abdul Hamid II by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation at Yıldız Mosque on July 21, 1905 in the Ottoman capital Constantinople .- Background :...
- 1912: Bedros KapamajianBedros KapamajianBedros Kapamajian , was an Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire, a textile trader, and mayor of the town of Van....
- 1914: Zeitun ResistanceZeitun Resistance (1915)The Armenian militia of Hunchaks of the city Zeitun had resisted on two armed conflicts, first between August 30-December 1, 1914 and second on March 25, 1915 to the Ottoman Empire.-First Resistance:...
- 1915: Musa DaghMusa DaghMusa Dagh was the site of resistance by the Armenians during the Armenian Genocide. The denizens of that region were violently expelled from their six villages by the Ottomans in 1915...
- 1915: Siege of VanSiege of VānThe Siege of Vān occurred in 1547 when Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Persia in his second campaign of the Ottoman-Safavid War ....
- 1915: Urfa ResistanceUrfa ResistanceUrfa Resistance or Urfa Rebellion was the Armenian resistance in Urfa during World War I developed as a reaction to actions of the Ottoman government . The resistance was quelled following German intervention....
- 1915: Shabin-Karahisar uprising
See also
- Armenian GenocideArmenian GenocideThe Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
- Armenian rebellionsArmenian rebellionsArmenian national awakening covers the activities of ethnic Armenian to obtain independence, similar to other non-Ottoman ethnic groups during the rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire...