This Week in Armenian History
Birth of Friedrich Müller (March 5, 1834)
Friedrich Müller was an Austrian scholar of linguistics and ethnography who wrote about languages of...
Birth of Henrik Kasparian (February 27, 1910)
There are chess players who are noted for their work in chess theory. Among them Henrik Kasparian wa...
Birth of Levon Hovhannisian (February 25, 1885)
Cardiologist Levon Hovhannisian was one of the foremost figures in the development of medical scienc...
Death of Krikor Chahinian (February 15, 2009)
Krikor Chahinian was a distinguished figure in pedagogy and culture in the Armenian Diaspora during ...
Birth of Auguste Choisy (February 7, 1841)
Auguste Choisy was a French architectural historian who argued for the importance of Armenia as a so...
Birth of Vasili Korganov (February 3, 1865)
A self-taught musicologist, Vasili Korganov was the author of the first serious study of Beethoven i...
Death of Hrand Nazariantz (January 25, 1962)
Hrand Nazariantz was an Armenian poet born in Constantinople who spent most of his life in Italy, an...
Birth of Ashot Satian (January 18, 1906)
Ashot Satian was the founder of a dynasty of musicians that included his brother Aram Satunts or Sat...
Birth of Ofelia Hambardzumian (January 9, 1925)
One of the best interpreters of Armenian popular and troubadour songs in the 20th century, Ofelia Ha...
Death of Archbishop Vramshabouh Kibarian (January 2, 1940)
First as a married priest and then as a celibate cleric, Archbishop Vramshabouh Kibarian was a humbl...