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Georgia (country)

country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia

79 dated entries naming Georgia (country), drawn from 73 separate years between 234 BCE and 2025 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century BC

1st century BC

  • 90 BCEPharnajom, king of Iberia (modern Georgia)source
  • 81 BCEArtaxias I (or Arshak), king of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • 36 BCEPublius Canidius Crassus invades Armenia and Iberia (Georgia); he forces Parnavaz II into an alliance against Zober, king of Albania.source
  • 30 BCEPharnavaz II, king of Iberia (Artaxiad dynasty) (Georgia) (killed by Mirian II)source
  • 20 BCEMirian II (or Mirvan), king of Iberia (Georgia)source

1st century

  • 75Vespasian fortifies Armazi (Georgia) for the Iberian king Mithridates I. The Alans raid the Roman frontier in Armenia.source

3rd century

  • 252Georgia submits peacefully to Shapur I, and becomes a vassal of the Sassanid Empire.source

4th century

  • 319Christianity is introduced in Colchis, present-day Georgia.source
  • 326Christianity is introduced to the Kingdom of Iberia (modern-day Georgia) by Saint Nino (approximate date).source
  • 369King Shapur II occupies the pro-Roman kingdom of Armenia. He besieges Artogerassa in modern Georgia, where Papas (Pap), son of King Arsaces II (Arshak II), defends the fortress and the royal treasure against Persian forces.source

5th century

  • 417Peter the Iberian, Georgian theologian and Saint (approximate date)source
  • 430Peter the Iberian founds a Georgian monastery near Bethlehem.source
  • 440Vakhtang I, king of Iberia (modern Georgia) (approximate date)source
  • 458The city of Tbilisi (Georgia) on the Kura River is founded by King Vakhtang I of Iberia. Its location gives it control of the trade routes between western and eastern Transcaucasia.source

6th century

  • 541Lazic War: King Khosrau I intervenes in Lazica (modern Georgia), and supports the weakened king Gubazes II against a full-scale uprising. He sends an expeditionary force under Mermeroes and captures the Byzantine stronghold of Petra, located on the coast of the Black Sea, which provides the Persians a strategic port.source
  • 549Spring – Lazic War: The Byzantine army under Bessas combines forces with King Gubazes II, and defeats the Persians in Lazica (modern Georgia) in a surprise attack. The survivors retreat into Caucasian Iberia.source
  • 550Emperor Justinian I appoints Bessas commander (magister militum) of Armenia, and entrusts him with the war in Lazica (Georgia).source
  • 550The churches of Lazica (Georgia) and Armenia split. While the Armenian Church remains independent, the Georgian church unites with the Byzantine Empire. This ecclesiastical union deepens political and cultural contact between the two states. As a sign of Lazica's status vis-à-vis Byzantium, Lazic princes are vested with honorific titles of the Byzantine court, including kouropalates, or "minister of the imperial palace" (approximate date).source
  • 555Summer – Lazic War: The Byzantine army under Bessas is repulsed, and forced to retreat out of Archaeopolis (Georgia).source
  • 555September/October - Gubazes II, king of Lazica (Georgia)source
  • 556Lazic War: A Byzantine expeditionary force under Justin retakes Archaeopolis (modern Georgia), and routs the Persian army.source
  • 557The Avars arrive in the northern region of the Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. They send envoys to the Byzantines in Lazica (modern Georgia). Like the Huns, the Avars are the former elite of a central Asian federation, which has been forced to flee westwards.source
  • 562Emperor Justinian I signs a peace treaty with the Sasanid Empire. The status quo ante is restored, with Lazica (modern Georgia) in Byzantine hands.source
  • 580Bacurius III, king of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • 588Summer – Guaram I of Iberia, Georgian prince in exile, is sent by Emperor Maurice to the city of Mtskheta (Georgia). He restores the monarchy and is bestowed with the Byzantine court title of curopalates.source
  • 590Stephen I succeeds his father Guaram I as king of Iberia (Georgia) (approximate date).source
  • 590Guaram I, king of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • 591Khosrau II is reinstalled as king of the Persian Empire. Peace with Constantinople is concluded after a war of almost 20 years. Maurice receives the Persian provinces of Armenia and Georgia. The recognition of the traditional frontiers, and the cessation of subsidies for the Caucasus forts, leaves the Byzantines in a dominant position in their relations with Persia.source

7th century

  • 627King Stephen I of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • 628Third Perso-Turkic War: The Western Göktürks under their leader Tong Yabghu Qaghan plunder Tbilisi (modern Georgia). The Persian defenders are executed or mutilated, Tong Yabghu appoints governors (tuduns) to manage various tribes under his overlordship.source
  • 662August 13 – Maximus the Confessor, Byzantine monk and theologian, dies in exile in Lazica (modern Georgia), on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.source

8th century

  • 727Arab–Khazar War: The Khazars drive back the Muslim invasion, led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, into Mesopotamia. Reinforced with Syrian troops, Maslama counterattacks and takes Georgia, establishing the northern frontier on the Caucasus.source

9th century

  • 853Ishaq ibn Isma'il, emir of Tbilisi (Georgia)source
  • 876Bagrat I, prince of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • 881David I, prince of Iberia (Georgia)source

10th century

  • 914Sajid invasion of Georgia: A Muslim army under Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj campaigns in the Georgian principalities. He makes Tiflis his base for operations, and invades Kakheti. Yusuf proceeds to Kartli, where the fortifications of Uplistsikhe are demolished. He besieges and captures the fortress of Q'ueli, putting its defender Gobron to death.source
  • 923Adarnase IV, prince of Iberia/Kartli (Georgia)source
  • 939Ashot the Swift, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 941Gurgen II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 943February 23 – David I, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 954January 25 – Ashot II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 958Sumbat I, king of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • 960Bagrat III, king of Abkhazia (Georgia) (d. 1014)source
  • 961Adarnase V, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 966Bagrat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 988Bagrat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 993David II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • 994Bagrat II, king of Iberia-Kartli (Georgia) (b. 937)source

11th century

  • 1008Gurgen II (Magistros), king of Iberia-Kartli (Georgia)source
  • 1014May 7 – Bagrat III, king of Abkhazia (Georgia)source
  • 1022Spring – Battle of Svindax: The Byzantine army under Emperor Basil II defeats the Georgians at Svindax (modern Turkey). King George I is forced to negotiate a peace treaty, ending the Byzantine–Georgian wars.source
  • 1027August 16 – George I, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi)source
  • 1027August 16 – Bagrat IV becomes king of Georgia on the death of his father, George I. Queen Dowager Mariam becomes regent for her 9-year-old son.source

13th century

  • 1228Battle of Bolnisi: Khwarazmian forces led by Sultan Jalal al-Din Mangburni defeat a coalition of Georgians, Kipchaks, Alans, Vainakhs and Laks (some 40,000 men) at Bolnisi (modern Georgia).source
  • 1283An earthquake destroys two thirds of the cave city of Vardzia, Georgia.source
  • 1293David VI Narin, King of Georgia (b. 1225)source

14th century

  • 1386November 21 – The Mongol conqueror Timur, called "Tamerlane" in the west, captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V prisoner.source

16th century

  • 1545Battle of Sokhoista: The army of the Ottoman Empire defeats an alliance of Georgian dynasties.source
  • 1551Qizilbash forces under the command of Tahmasp I raid and destroy the cave monastery of Vardzia in Georgia.source

17th century

  • 1615Easter – Persian Safavid hordes, led by Shah Abbas the Great, kill all the monks at the David Gareja monastery complex in Georgia, and set fire to its collection of manuscripts and works of art.source
  • 1625July 1 – The Safavid Empire in Iran defeats an invasion from the Kingdom of Georgia in the Battle of Marabda with heavy losses on both sides, including the Georgian commander, Teimuraz I, Prince of Mukhrani. when the Iranian Safavid army defeated a Georgian force.source
  • 1625March 25 – Battle of Martqopi: The Safavids are defeated in Georgia.source

18th century

  • 1757December 14 – Battle of Khresili: King Solomon I of Imereti defeats the Ottoman army and an allied faction of nobles, in what becomes western Georgia.source
  • 1770April 20 – Battle of Aspindza: Georgian king Erekle II defeats the Ottoman forces, despite being abandoned by an ally, Russian General Totleben.source
  • 1783July 24 – The Treaty of Georgievsk is signed between Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, making Georgia a protectorate of Russia.source

19th century

  • 1813October 24–November 5 – Persia and Russia sign the Treaty of Gulistan at the end of the Russo-Persian War, by which Persia loses modern-day Georgia, Dagestan and most of Azerbaijan to Russia.source

20th century

  • 1902March 10 – Clashes between police and Georgian workers led by Joseph Stalin leave 15 dead, 54 wounded, and 500 in prison.source
  • 1907June 26 – Tiflis bank robbery: Bolsheviks attack a cash-filled bank coach in the centre of Tiflis, Georgia, killing 40 people.source
  • 1918April 22 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia declare their independence from Russia as the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.source
  • 1922December 30 – Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Republic (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) come together to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.source
  • 1924August 28 – August Uprising: Georgia rises against rule by the Soviet Union in an abortive rebellion, in which several thousands die.source
  • 1989April 9 – Tbilisi massacre: Georgian demonstrators are massacred by Soviet Army soldiers in Tbilisi's central square during a peaceful rally; 20 citizens are killed, many injured. This causes further protests.source
  • 1991April 29 – A 7.0 earthquake in Racha, Georgia, kills 270 people and leaves 100,000 others homeless.source
  • 1991January 5 – Georgian troops attack Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, starting the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.source
  • 1995August 29 – Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian head of state, survives an assassination attempt in Tbilisi.source

21st century

  • 2007March 11 – Georgia accuses three Russian helicopters of firing on the Kodori Gorge, then the only part of the break-away autonomous republic of Abkhazia still under Georgian control.source
  • 2008August 7 – Georgia intervenes against Russian-backed separatists in its South-Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, causing Russia to invade Georgia and spark the Russo-Georgian war, the first major European land war of the 21st century.source
  • 2025December 13 – The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is held in Tbilisi, Georgia. French contestant Lou Deleuze wins with the song "Ce monde".source

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