YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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13TH CENTURY AD

St. Astvatsatsin (Katoghike) Church was founded. A chapel was erected in the place where the remains of Saint Anania were buried in the 7th century. This is now St. Zoravor (Almighty) Church on Parpetsi Street.

The Gephsiman Chapel was erected, which was destroyed in a 1697 earthquake. It was later restored, then destroyed again.

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1959

The buildings of the Matenadaran, the Covered Market and the National Academy of Sciences were built.

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1913

The demonstration flight of the "Blerio" plane was organized in the square, between the rampart and the Orthodox graveyard.