King Varaz-Bakur builds a fortress near what is now Tbilisi
326
Georgians officially adopt Christianity
500
Tbilisi becomes the capital city
570
Persians take over Tbilisi
Period: 683 to 685
Khazar soldiers invade the region
Period: 736 to 1050
Arabs dominate Georgia
1100
King David the Builder’s reign increases Georgia’s wealth and power
Period: 1172 to 1216
Medieval poet Shota Rustaveli writes Vepkhistkaosani, the Georgian national epic poem
1178
King Giorgi III crowns his teenage daughter Tamar as co-ruler
Period: 1204 to 1205
Queen Tamar and her soldiers overcome the Turks at the Battle of Basiani
1212
Queen Tamar dies after a 29-year reign
1212
Queen Tamar dies after a 29-year reign
1230
Mongol hordes invade Georgia and Queen Rusudani flees
1230
Mongol hordes invade Georgia and Queen Rusudani flees
1330
The Mongols are forced out and Georgia is independent again
1522
Georgia is taken over by Persia
Georgia becomes a absolute monarchy Russian country that is protected by another country)
Period: to
Most of what is now Georgia becomes part of the Russian Empire
Georgia is declared an independent state
The Red Army invades and Georgia is declared a Soviet Socialist Republic
Georgia becomes a founding member of the Soviet Union
Protests and calls for separation from the Soviet Union are brutally crushed by Soviet forces
Soviet troops kill 19 pro-independence demonstrators in Tbilisi
Period: to
Hundreds are killed and tens of thousands flee the violence between South Ossetian independence fighters and Georgian forces
Georgia secedes from the Soviet Union and declares independence
Fighting between government troops and rebels forces the president from power; South Ossetians vote in favor of independence, but the vote is not recognized
A new constitution is adopted; the new currency, the lari, is introduced; Abkhazia declares independence
The death penalty is abolished
The Rose Revolution overthrows the government
South Ossetians again vote for independence, but Georgia does not recognize the vote
A state of emergency is declared as a wave of anti-government protests break out; the last Russian troops withdraw from Georgia, but some remain in the provinces states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Georgia tries to retake Abkhazia by force and Russia launches a counter-attack; the two sides sign a peace agreement, but Russia recognizes the two provinces as independent states
More than 50,000 protesters gather at a Tbilisi stadium on Independence Day to demand that the president resign
the International Criminal Court (ICC) approved an inquiry into allegations of war crimes committed by Russia during the 2008 conflict over the region of South Ossetia
A Georgian lawyer appealed to Georgia's constitutional court to legalize same-sex marriage. Giorgi Tatishvili hopes the court will find unconstitutional a law that defines marriage as only a union between a man and a woman.