| 1022 | Basileios II annexed Armenian territories in the Byzantine Empire and 40.000 Armenians were deported to Anatolia. | ||
| 1046 | The Armenian sovereigns were killed by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX. | ||
| 1054 | Seljukian Sultan Tugrul Bey gave the Armenians autonomy. | ||
| 1098 | The Armenians collaborated with the Crusaders. | ||
| 1461 | Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror invited Armenian Bishop Hovakim to Istanbul and he was honoured by the title of “Patriarch”. Later some privileges were given to the Armenians. | ||
| 1790 | The First official Armenian school was opened by two Armenians Amira Miricanyan and Shnork Migirdic, in Istanbul, at Kumkapi. | ||
| 1823 | The Bezciyan School was founded by an Armenian called Artin Bezciyan in Istanbul, Kumkapi. | ||
| 1824 | Patriarch Karabet has taken Armenian Grammar School Kumpkapi under his protection. | ||
| 1853 | (October, 22) Armenian Commission of Education was founded. | ||
| 1876 | The Ottoman Assembly accepted the first Armenian deputies. | ||
| 1877 | (December, 7) Armenian National Council decided on forcing their people to join the Army and fight. | ||
| 1878 | (April, 13) The Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul, Nerses has sent a note to British Secretary of Foreign Affairs saying that they would not live together with the Turks any longer.
(July, 13) The Treaty of Berlin was signed. Article 61 about the Ottoman Armenians was added to the treaty. (August, 3) The British Secretary of Foreign Affairs Lord Salisbury sent an instruction to the British Ambassador Layard and informed him that th |
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