1941 Event Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1941 Event British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1941 Event British troops march into Abyssinia 1938 Event Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia 1937 Event Dutch government recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia 1936 Event Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia 1935 Event League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia 1935 Event Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia 1935 Event Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1930 Birthday Mario Adorf, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Bachelor, Abyssinia 1930 Event Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1928 Event Race Tafari Makonnen crowned king of Abyssinia 1928 Event Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia, Ethiopia 1923 Event Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations 1906 Event French/British/Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia 1897 Event Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1897 Event France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1896 Event Abyssinia and Italy sign peace treaty 1896 Event Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians 1895 Event Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1868 Death Theodorus, Kasa, emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide 1868 Event Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala 1831 Birthday Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
