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| c. 1450 |
| | Coffee, derived from wild plants in Ethiopia, is cultivated in Arabia | |
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| 1530 |
| | Ahmad ibn Ibrahim leads Muslim Somalis in a holy war against Christian Ethiopia, destroying churches and shrines | |
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| 1855 |
| | An Ethiopian baron usurps the throne and proclaims himself emperor, as Theodore II | |
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| 1885 |
| | Italian troops occupy Eritrea, a province of Ethiopia | |
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| 1886 |
| | Addis Ababa is founded, to become subsequently the capital of Ethiopia | |
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| 1889 |
| | Menelik II is crowned emperor in Ethiopia, bringing the crown back to the Solomon dynasty | |
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| 1889 |
| | In the treaty of Uccialli, Menelik II cedes the Ethiopian province of Eritrea to Italy | |
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| 1896 |
| | The Ethiopian emperor, Menelik II, inflicts a shattering defeat on Italian forces at Aduwa | |
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| 1896 |
| | Italy, one of the local colonial powers, accepts Ethiopia's claim to the Ogaden region of the Somali territory | |
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| 1916 |
| | Ras Tafari, a member of the Ethiopian imperial family, deposes his distant relation the emperor and puts on the throne his aunt, Zauditu | |
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