1121 Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper ''Dro'' is published.
1924 The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1978 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1989 The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
1990 South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1991 Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1991 South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
1992 The Socialist Labour Party is founded in the nation of Georgia.
1992 Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1992 Georgia joins the United Nations.
1993 A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
2003 Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
2004 The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2006 The region of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.
2008 Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.
2008 Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.