YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1918

On May 28, Yerevan was declared the capital city of the First Independent Republic of Armenia.

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1886

Ethnographic map of the Erivan Governorate.

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782 BC

In the southeastern part of the modern capital, King Argishti I founded the fortress town of Erebuni, the capital city of the Van Kingdom (Urartu), "to show the power of the country and to frighten enemies".

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