640 | The first Arab invasion of Armenia Armenians retain local autonomy as vassals of the Arabs |
840-929 | Catholicos & Historian Hovhannes V Draskhanakerttsi |
850 | Armenian rebellion against Arab domination (Events described in Tserents’s Travails of the 9th Century) |
885-1045 | Kingdom of Ani – Armenian self-rule established by King Ashot I Bagratuni |
895-906 | Tatev monastery in Syunik |
c. 900 | Historian Tovma Artsruni |
c. 900 | Daredevils of Sassoon epic |
914-929 | King Ashot II Bagratuni Yerkat (“Iron”) wards off Byzantine and Muslim invaders |
915 | Aghtamar church is built in Lake Van by architect Manuel |