This Week in Armenian History
Birth of Khoren Abrahamian (April 1, 1930)
Khoren Abrahamian was one of the renowned actors of Armenian theater and cinema in the 1960s-1990s. ...
Death of Catholicos Hakob V (March 21, 1763)
Hakob Shamakhetsi was one of the prominent figures of the Armenian Church in the 18th century. H...
Death of Simon Weber (March 12, 1929)
Simon Weber was a German orientalist and Armenian Studies scholar who wrote prolifically about Armen...
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...