This Week in Armenian History
The Cartozian Case Ruling (July 28, 1925)
A hundred year ago this day, a pivotal legal case, United States v. Tatos Osgihan Cartozian, came to...
Death of Kamo (July 14, 1922)
Simon Ter-Petrosian, better known by his nome de guerre Kamo, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and an e...
Death of Catholicos Coadjutor Papken I (July 9, 1936)
Archbishop Papken Guleserian was one of the prolific members of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the...
Birth of Jak Ihmalyan (June 30, 1922)
Jak Ihmalyan was a Turkish Armenian painter, political activist, and university teacher who lived mo...
Birth of Garnik Ananian (June 22, 1934)
Garnik Ananian was a prolific literary critic and commentator in Armenia. He was born in Ijevan. ...
Death of Raoul Aslan (June 17, 1958)
Raoul Aslan was one of the most popular Austrian actors in the 1920-1950 period. He was born Raou...
Birth of Aram Merangulian (June 8, 1902)
Composer and musician Aram Merangulian hand an important role in Armenian folklore music with the cr...
Death of Catholicos Azaria Jughayetsi (June 2, 1602)
Catholicos Azaria Jughayetsi was a renowned figure in the sixteenth century for his teaching and rel...
Birth of Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (May 22, 1939)
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos, was a military leader of the Armeni...
Birth of Garnik Kalashian (May 16, 1885)
Garnik Kalashian had a short, but intense life both as a poet and a public person.
He was born on ...