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Alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Germany is formed, giving Germany control over the Ottoman military forces
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Under German command, Ottoman forces start bombing Russian Black Sea ports.
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The Ottomans attack the village of Otsni in the Erzerum Province.
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The first convoy of Armenian deportees leave the city of Zeitun, headed for the desert.
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Turkish forces besiege the city of Van.
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Hundreds of intellectuals are arrested and murdered in Constantinople, officially beginning the Genocide.
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Russian forces finally take all Armenian regions of the Ottoman Empire.
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The Soviet Union, having taken over Russia, signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending all hostilities with the Central Powers and returning all of Ottoman Armenia as well as part of Russian Armenia.
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Armenia declares an independent republic in Russian Transcaucasia, after a federation with Georgia and Azerbaijan collapses.
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The Ottoman Empire surrenders, and the armstice provides for the return of Armenians home. The Three Pashas flee to Germany, where they are given protection.
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After more than 4 years of fighting, war torn Germany finally sign a truce.
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A court martial is convened in Constantinople to address several war crimes, including the Armenian genocide. A number of Turkish leaders are found guilty and put to death.
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Talaat Pasha is gunned down in Berlin by Soghomon Tehlirian. Tehlirian claims insanity and is acquitted. The other two are also assassinated soon after.
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During the Greco-Turkish War, the Turkish army attacks the villages of Smyrna. Thousands of Greeks and Armenians are slaughtered and the village is burned. This is believed to have been the last massacre against the Armenians.
