Rock Trumpet – Mandevilla

The following lists events that happened during 1918 in Armenia.

• Prime Minister: Hovhannes Katchaznouni
• Speaker of the Parliament: Avetik Sahakyan

• ? - The Armenian–Azerbaijani War begins.

• May 21–29 - The Ottoman World War I defeat at the Battle of Sardarabad is seen as saving the Armenian nation from destruction.
• May 25–28 - Outnumbered Armenian defenders defeat invading Ottoman forces in the Battle of Karakilisa.
• May 28 - Armenia declares its independence as the First Republic of Armenia.

• June 4 - The First Republic of Armenia signed its first treaty, the Treaty of Batum. The other signatories are the Ottoman Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

• December 1–31 - The Georgian–Armenian War is fought.
• December 18 - Armenpress, the oldest news agency in Armenia, is founded.^[1]

• September 30 - Gevorg Emin, poet, essayist and translator

• ? - Hambardzum Arakelian, journalist, writer, and activist, founder of The Relief Committee for Armenian migrants and the Armenian Popular party