1997 Asfa Wossen, [Amha Selassie], crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile, dies
1993 Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war
1993 Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia
1992 Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral
1991 Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
1989 Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), and 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia
1989 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
1988 Somalia and Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
1987 Ethiopia adopts constitution
1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
1984 Ethiopia forms socialist republic
1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia)
1974 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)
1974 1st general striking in Ethiopia
1973 Haile Gebresleassie, born in Ethiopia, 10k runner, 1996 Olympics gold
1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
1963 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
1953 Mohammed Kedir, Ethiopia, 10k runner 1980 Olympics bronze
1952 U.N. turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia
1951 Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia, 1969
1950 U.N. gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
1947 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78
1946 Patti Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock vocalist, Radio Ethiopia
1944 Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner, 1980 Olympics gold
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1942 Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43
1941 Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1941 Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia
1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia
1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1940 Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia
1936 Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades
1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
1935 Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39
1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
1935 Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1932 Mamo Wolde, born in Ethiopia, marathoner, 1968 Olympics gold
1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
1931 Dervla Murphy, travel author, Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule
1930 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
1928 Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia, Ethiopia
1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
1916 Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
1916 Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi
1914 U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1913 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69
1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
1898 Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa
1897 Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia
1897 Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
1896 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies
1896 Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians
1895 Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1893 Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78
1892 Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia, 1930-74
1889 Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
1882 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian marschal/viceroy of Ethiopia
1869 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy, 1900-46, /Ethiopia
1844 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia, 1896-1913
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