This is a timeline of Artsakh's history, representing territorial control under three columns:
RealmThe highest level of authority. StateThe state or administrative unit that the region of Artsakh belonged to. ArtsakhGeopolitical entity in Artsakh proper (Mountainous Karabakh).
+ Timeline of Artsakh historyStarting DateSovereignState/RegionArtsakh Proper592 BC Iran (Medes)Unknown (Urtekhini? English-language abstract (article in Armenian?))549 BC Iran (Achaemenid dynasty)321 BC189 BC Armenia (Artaxiad dynasty)Province of Artsakh of the Kingdom of Armenia 189 BC to 387 AD The exact date of the establishment of the Province of Artsakh is not known, but is believed to be sometime before 189 BC. Sophene and Kingdom of Commagene – Tigranes the Great conquered these territories 65 BC Rome (Artaxiad dynasty) Tigranes II of Armenia becomes a client king of Rome53 BC Persia (Arsacid dynasty) defeats Rome at the Battle of Carrhae Armenia (Artaxiad dynasty) – Artavasdes II becomes king of Armenia.36 BC RomeMark Antony begins Parthian campaignBivar, A.D.H. (1983). "The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3(1): The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 21–99. . Rebellion of King Zober of Albania defeated.33 BC Rome Armenia (Artaxiad dynasty)36 Iran (Arsacid dynasty)47 51 Suny (1994), p. 14. Iberia (Pharnavazid dynasty)58 Armenia (Arsacid dynasty)62 Iran (Arsacid dynasty) Parthians under Vologases I invade Armenia, unsuccessfully besiege Romans in Tigranocerta. 63 Rome: Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo invades Armenia and defeats Tiridates I, who accepts Roman sovereignty. Parthia withdraws.64 Iran (Arsacid dynasty)114 Theodore Mommsen. The Provinces of the Roman Empire. Chapter IX, p. 68 Rome Roman Armenia Emperor Trajan defeats the Parthians and overruns Armenia118 Armenia (Arsacid dynasty)252 Iran (Sassanian dynasty) Armenia (Arsacid dynasty)287 Rome: Diocletian signs peace treaty with King Bahram II of Persia, installs the pro-Roman Arsacid Tiridates III as king in western Armenia.363 Persia(Sassanian dynasty: Jovian cedes Corduene and Arzanene to Sassanids.Corduene and ArzaneneAlbania (Mihranid dynasty)376 Armenia (Arsacid dynasty)387 Iran (Sassanian dynasty) Albania (Mihranid dynasty) with Sasanian help seizes from Armenia the entire right bank of the river Kura up to the river Araxesincludes Artsakh and Utik.Chaumont, M. L. (1985). "Albania". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 8. pp. 806–810Division of Greater Armenia between Persia and Byzantium654 Arab Caliphate Albania (Mihranid dynasty), al-Arminiya850 Artsakh884 Armenia (Bagratid dynasty) Artsakh1045 Artsakh1063 Seljuk Empire Artsakh1092Eldiguzids1124 Georgia (Bagratid dynasty) Eldiguzids1201 Armenia (Zakarid dynasty)1214 Hewsen, Robert H. "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: A Preliminary Study." Revue des Études Arméniennes. NS: IX, 1972, pp. 255–329. (Hasan-Jalalyan dynasty)1236 Mongol Empire1256 Ilkhanate1261 (Hasan-Jalalyan dynasty)1360 Karabakh1337 Chobanids1357 Jalayirids1375 Kara Koyunlu1387 Timurid Empire1409 Kara Koyunlu1468 Ak Koyunlu1501 (Safavid dynasty) Province of Karabakh Melikdoms of Karabakh (Khamsa)The Hasan-Jalalyan dynasty branches out sometime in the 16th century.1583 Ottoman Empire1603 (Safavid dynasty)17251736 (Afsharid dynasty)1747 Karabakh Khanate1751 (Zand dynasty)1797 Iran (Qajar dynasty)1805-05 The Russian Empire occupies the lands, but they're formally annexed only in 1813 by the Treaty of Gulistan. (Romanov dynasty)1822 1846Shemakha GovernorateShemakha Governorate was renamed to Baku Governorate in 1859.1868 Elisabethpol Governorate1917-11-11 Transcaucasian Commissariat1918-04-22TranscaucasiaThe Transcaucasian Democratic Federal Republic was a multi-national entity established by Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian leaders.28 May 1918 First Republic of Armenia: Declaration of independence Armenian rebels1918-06-04 Treaty of Batum1918-07-27 People's Government of Karabakh1918-09 (Shusha) Armenian rebels (other areas)1918-10-30 Armistice of Mudros Mountainous Karabakh was placed under the jurisdiction of until the final delimitation agreement would be reached at the Paris Peace Conference.1919-08-22 Seventh Assembly of Mountainous Karabakh1919-08-23 British withdrawal.1920-03-04 Eighth Assembly of Mountainous Karabakh (Shusha) Armenian rebels (other areas)1920-04-09 (Shusha, Khankendi, Askeran) Armenian rebels (other areas)1920-04-13 General Dro (Drastamat Kanayan) takes parts of Mountainous Karabakh on behalf of the Republic of Armenia.1920-04-22 Ninth Assembly of Mountainous Karabakh1920-04-28 Azerbaijan is invaded by the Red Army.1920-05-12 Red Army 11th Red Army advances into Armenia on 29 November 1920; transfer of power on 2 December in Yerevan. (Shusha, Khankendi, Askeran) Armenian rebels (other areas)1920-05-26 The final status of Mountainous Karabakh was still being debated.Dec. 1, 1920 's revolutionary committee declares Mountainous Karabakh to be transferred to . 1921-07-04 Kavbiuro decides to leave Mountainous-Karabakh within .1922-03-12 ,1922-12-30 1923-07-07 Declared, and then implemented in November of 1924. Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast1936-12-05 1991First Nagorno-Karabakh War and 1991-04-30 Operation Ring1991-09-02 The Armenians of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast declare their independence.1991-11-26 Azerbaijan abolishes the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.1994-05-12 Bishkek Protocol ceasefire. De facto , de jure 2020-09-27Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
2020-11-102020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.Control over Nagorno-Karabakh is divided between and with Russian peacekeeping forces. Final status to be determined.September 2023 – January 2024Dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh due to the 2023 Azerbaijani Offensive, followed by a refugee crisis in which nearly the entire population fled to Armenia.
See also History of Nagorno-Karabakh Timeline of Armenian history Timeline of modern Armenian history
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