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14th century

 * 1346 – George V of Georgia died.
 * 1346-1366(?) – Plague
 * David IX of Georgia – Lazia was lost to Trebizond.
 * 1360 – Bagrat V of Georgia was crowned at Kutaisi.
 * 1385 – Bagrat V of Georgia allied Golden Horde.
 * Invasion of Zichia – Vamek I (1384–1396)
 * Invasion of Zichia – Vamek I (1384–1396)

15th century

 * Raids in Abkhazia – Inal of Kabardia (d. 1453) with the help of his two allies: Ashe (Anchabadze/Achba ) and Shashe (Sharvashidze/Chachba ).
 * Timurid invasion of in Western Georgia 1403 – Sharvashidze (Chachba) took advantage of the situation and captured Tskhum (?)
 * Bloody battle took place (place?) between Mingrelia-Abkhazia,1414 – Mamia II (.r 1396–1414) was killed, and his militia scattered.
 * Alexander I of Georgia (1412–1442) moved to western Georgia and mediated a peace between his vassals, the rival princes of Mingrelia and Abkhazia.
 * The Ottoman navy burned the Tskhumi in 1451.
 * According to Vakhusti Bagrationi “Zupu” (modern Lykhny) is the political centre of Abkhazia - place of dwelling of Sharvashidze.

16th century

 * At the beginning of the 16th century "Not all the orders of Dadiani were obeyed by Sharvashidze".
 * Mamia III Dadiani (1512–1533) in conjunction with Mamia I Gurieli, duke of Guria, undertook campaign against the piratical Zygii tribe (Zichia), living on the right bank of the river Bzyp, whose vessels frequented the Black Sea littorals of Mingrelia and Guria. 31 January, 1533 – Mingrelian nobles defected their lord at the instigation of Tsandia Inal-Ipa (Abkhaz) / Mamia III Dadiani was killed in the battle.
 * 1540s – Bagrat III of Imereti (r. 1510–1565) moved center of Catholichate of Abkhazia from Abkhaz controlled Bichvinta to Gelati.
 * 1548 – King Bagrat III of Imereti captured Levan I Dadiani (r.1533–1572).
 * 1550 – Dadiani escaped to Odishi.
 * 1555 – Peace of Amasya
 * Bagrat summoned an all-Georgia Synod at Gelati: (?)
 * 1557 – Levan I Dadiani accepted the title of “Sovereign Dadiani”.
 * 1565 – Bagrat III of Imereti was succeeded by George II of Imereti (r. 1565–1585). George II allied himself with Guria to curb Dadiani's ambitions;
 * 1568 – Dadiani suborned rebellious lords of Imereti (Bezhan Nemsadze) and declared war on George II of Imereti, the latter escaped to Guria.
 * Combined armies of Giorgi II Gurieli (1564–1583; 1587–1600) and George II of Imereti occupied Zugdidi, while Dadiani fled to Istanbul.
 * Dadiani arrived from Trebizond with 9 ships and soldiers.
 * Peace between Guria and Mingrelia.
 * King George II of Imereti killed Javakh Chiladze, the chief rebel and confiscated his lands.
 * Guria and Mingrelia invaded Imereti, occupied the Chiladze's lands, and divided it.
 * 1572 – Levan I Dadiani (1533–1572) broke his neck in a hunting accident, George III Dadiani made peace with George II of Imereti (His sister’s marriage to George II’s heir Bagrat).
 * Potential pact against Guria
 * George II Gurieli married off his sister to Mamia IV Dadiani (1573–1578; 1582–1590).
 * Battle at Zugdidi, George III Dadiani fled to Abkhazia, and his brother Mamia took over Mingrelia with help of George II Gurieli.
 * King George II of Imereti demanded Chiladze lands from Mamia IV Dadiani.
 * George III Dadiani persuaded Guria and Imereti to regain throne: in exchange Guria was promised with the port of Hopa; Dadiani had to marry Queen Rusudan of Imereti's sister.
 * Mamia IV Dadiani was dispossessed.
 * George II Gurieli married King George II of Imereti’s widowed daughter-in-law.
 * 1570s – Peace in western Georgia
 * Batulia Dadiani rebelled: (...died.)
 * August, 1578 – The Ottomans captured Tskhumi (1578–1581); Haydar Pasha (Circassian) was appointed as a bey (governor).
 * Sultan Murad III sent 60 ships under Admiral Kiliç Ali Paşa to Poti, where Turks built a castle.
 * Ottoman galleys rowed up the Rioni towards Kutaisi, but were ambushed by King George III’s musketeers.
 * Levan (1577–1582), George III Dadiani’s son, demolished the Ottoman fort at Poti and stole 25 cannon.
 * 1581 – Tskhumi was left to Sharvashidze.
 * According to Italian missionary Giovanni Giuliano da Lucca, eastern borders of Principality of Abkhazia passed along the river Absi (r. Besleti?) flowing in the town of Schissornum (Eski Sukhum; Old Sukhum)
 * 1582 – George III Dadiani died, succeeded by his brother Mamia IV Dadiani, who induced Gurieli to capture and incarcerate his underage nephew Levan and then used the boy's death in a defenestration accident as a pretext to attack Guria.
 * Mamia IV Dadiani restores the political influence in Abkhazia.
 * 1585 – George II of Imereti died.

17th century

 * 1615 – Abkhazia and Mingrelia became tributaries of Ottoman Empire. Levan II Dadiani (1597–1657)/Palace of Merkula (ka:მერკულა)
 * Abkhazia declared independence. According to G. Lucca, "This country subdued to two princes". Karabey (ru:Кара-бей) and Puto Sharvashidze (ka:პუტო შარვაშიძე – residence at Old-Tskhumi). Italian missionary Castelli mentioned the three brothers – the elder Beslako (Baslakus), Salamon and Settemani. Beslako being "Senior among the equals".
 * Levan II Dadiani married Tanuri (Darundia), the daughter of Abkhazian ruler Settemani Sharvashidze ka:სეტემან შარვაშიძე (1621), then allied to Gurieli (heir apparent Simon Gurieli married Dadiani’s sister)
 * 1622 – Levan II Dadiani, and his allies (Abkhazia, Zichia and Guria) invaded Imereti.
 * Levan II Dadiani divorces with the Tanuri blaming her in disloyalty and cruelly punished her: invaded Abkhazia, deserted the land.
 * Abkhazians start permanent attacks on the borders of Mingrelia, being completely ravaged by them;
 * King George III of Imereti, Simon Gurieli organized plot against Dadiani. The plot failed and the Dadiani strictly punished the plotters.
 * Levan subjugated Guria, and appointed Abkhazian Catholicos, Malachia II Gurieli (1616-1639) as a ruler of Guria.
 * 4 May, 1626 – the department of Vatican established in Georgia the mission of the Theatines order. (Arcangelo Lamberti, Christophoro Castelli, Giuzeppe Giudice, Joseph Marie Zampi, Gaetano Turco, Gaetano Rasponi etc)
 * According to Lamberti: as soon as, Dadiani defeated inner rebels, invaded the Abkhazians and they submitted to him and promised to pay tribute.
 * Between 1628-1653 – Levan II Dadiani started to build Kelasuri Wall to protect his fiefdom from the Abkhazs. "...In order to make the guard permanent, Odishi bishopric, princes and nobility, had their monthly turn, and every month each of them had to protect it together with his people".
 * 13 November, 1639 – The Russian ambassadors arrived to Megrelia and in February of 1640, they visited following settlements: Putskur, Gambli (Beslakhuba), Merkula (ka:მერკულა), Dranda, Pshekhap, Kvitouli, Mokvi, Ilori and Bedia.
 * 1634 – According to the Dominican missionary Emidio Dortelli d'Ascoli. “Abbaza (located at the estuary of the Mzymta River, modern Adler), the seaside town of Circassia, sits on the very border of Mingrelia”.
 * David Chijavadze in Castelli’s album is imprinted as a possessor of the Anacopia Fortress. He was appointed to his position by Levan II Dadiani.
 * 1637 – Ottomans landed in the estuary of the Kodori River and devastated Dranda monastery and its environs.
 * 1643 Levan II in his letter to Pope Urban VIII, confirmed that by God’s will he subdued Abkhazia, Imereti and Guria.
 * 1657 – Levan II Dadiani died;
 * With the help of king Alexander III of Imereti (1639–1660) Levan’s cousin, Vameq III Dadiani (r. 1657–1661), the ruler of Salipartiano occupied the throne. Levan’s nephew – Liparit III Dadiani claimed the throne. Vameq III Dadiani, aided by King of Imereti, Alexander III and Prince of Abkhazia, Solomon Sharvashidze (brother of Vameq, George Lipartiani was married to Solomon daughter) defeated Liparit near Bandza.
 * 1659 – Vameq III Dadiani aided by Imeretians and Abkhazians invaded Guria to dethrone Kaikhosro I Gurieli, but failed. The inscription made on the Achi icon of Saint George mentions: ”…George Shustani, Dadiani Lipartiani’s brother, Chiladze, Mikeladze, Chidjavadze, Anchabadze, Sesiashvili from Djumati being a Sardar…”
 * 1660 – Alexander III of Imereti died;
 * Vameq III Dadiani usurped the Imeretian throne.
 * King Vakhtang V of Kartli (1658-1675) marched into Imereti. The king of Kartli and Dadiani divided Imereti. But soon, Vameq was no longer in good terms with Vakhtang V.
 * 1661 – Vakhtang V marched onto Imereti for the second time.
 * Dadiani fled to Svaneti.
 * Solomon Sharvashidze refused to fight against Vakhtang V of Kartli.
 * Vakhtang V occupied the fortresses of Odishi and marched into Zugdidi
 * Vameq III Dadiani was killed.
 * The throne of Odishi was occupied by Levan III Dadiani (the nephew of Levan II), the latter was married to Tamar, the niece of Vakhtang V.
 * 1665 – Levan III Dadiani (1661–1680) in his charter calls himself "possessor of all Mingrelia and Abkhazia".