1918 in Armenia

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See also:	Other events of 1918 List of years in Armenia

The following lists events that happened during 1918 in Armenia.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Hovhannes Katchaznouni
• Speaker of the Parliament: Avetik Sahakyan

Events

March

• ? - The Armenian–Azerbaijani War begins.

May

• May 21-29 - The Ottoman World War I defeat at the Battle of Sardarabad is seen as saving the Armenian nation from destruction.
• May 25-28 - Outnumbered Armenian defenders defeat invading Ottoman forces in the Battle of Karakilisa.
• May 28 - Armenia declares its independence as the Democratic Republic of Armenia.

June

• June 4 - The republic signs its first treaty, the Treaty of Batum. The other signatories are the Ottoman Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

December

• December 1-31 - The Georgian–Armenian War is fought.
• December 18 - Armenpress, the oldest news agency in Armenia, is founded.^[1]

Births

• September 30 - Gevorg Emin, poet, essayist and translator

Deaths

• ? - Hambardzum Arakelian, journalist, writer and activist, founder of The Relief Committee for Armenian migrants and the Armenian Popular party

References