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1923 - Ethiopia, represented by Regent Ras Tafari, becomes a member of the League of Nations (An international organization
formed in 1920 to promote peace and co-operation between countries).
1928 - September 7 (27 Meskarem 1921) - Regent Ras Tafari assumes the title Negus and crowned King Ras Tafari
1930 April - Zawditu dies and is succeeded by Ras Tafari Makonnen, who becomes Emperor Haile
Selassie I.1930 - November 2 (23 Tekent 1922) - Negus Ras Tafari assumes the title Negus Negast (King of kings) and crowned
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I (Qedamawi Haile Selassie I) (Might of the Trinity) along with the crowning of Her
Imperial Majesty Empress Menen Asfaw (Itegue Menen Asfaw)
1931 - July 31 - Promulgated the first Ethiopian Constitution to Our Ethiopian people
1935 - Emperor Haile Selassie I Portrait
1935 - Mussolini (Italy) invades Ethiopia
1936 - His Imperial Majesty goes into exile in Bath, England while waiting for the League of Nations to act.
1936 Italians capture Addis Ababa, king of Italy made emperor of Ethiopia; Ethiopia combined with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland
to become Italian East Africa.
1936 - Emperor Haile Selassie I addresses the League of Nations regarding the unlawful invasion of Ethiopia by Italy.
1936 - Emperor Haile Selassie I at the League of Nations
1940 - January 22 - With United Nations failing to act, Emperor Haile Selassie I returns to Ethiopian soil issuing the 'The Golden
Declaration' leading Ethiopians and allied forces against the Italian occupation.
1941 British and Commonwealth troops, greatly aided by the Ethiopian Patriots and resistance the arbegnoch defeat the
Italians, and restore Haile Selassie I to his throne.
1941 - May 5 - Haile Selassie I's triumphant return to Addis Ababa and sits on the throne re-establishing Solomonic Dynasty and
God's covenant with David.
1946 - Emperor Haile Selassie I Family at Palace
1951 - Emperor Haile Selassie I builds the new Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion to house the Ark of the Covenant
1952 - Eritrea federated with Ethiopia by U.N.
1954 - Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie the 1st., Princess Seble Desta, and Prince Sahle Salessie, visit with United Stated
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, his wife, Mamie Eisenhower, at the White House.
1954 - May 28 - President Mordecai W. Johnson escorts His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, to a special
convocation during which the Emperor receives the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. (University Archives, Moorland-Spingarn
Research Center, Howard University)
1954 - October 10 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and Queen Elizabeth during state visit to Britain.
1954 - October 22 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and Winston Churchill at 10 Downing St. in Britain.
1955 - Emperor Haile Selassie I Family
1955 - November 4 (24 Teqemt 1948) - Revised Constitution Promulgated BY His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I on
the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of His Coronation.
1956 - November 17-18 - State Visit to Japan
1961 - Empress Menen passes
1961 - Attempted coup using Prince Asfaw Wossen as authority figure-head who was under duress by the military
1962 - Emperor Haile Selassie I abolishes the federation of Eritrea and Ethiopia and establishes Eritrea as an Ethiopian province
1963 - May 25 - As the founding member, Emperor Haile Selassie I spearheaded the establishment of the Organization of African
Unity (O.A.U.) headquarted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. First Chairperson of the OAU and also served as the
1963 - October 1 - President J.F.K. at Union Station, NY, welcoming His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I durning 2nd
State Visit to the United States of America
1963 - November 25 - Emperor Haile Selassie I at JFK's Funeral
1964 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and Jomo Kenyatta during Nairobi Kenya state visit
1964 - October 4 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and UN Secretary U Thant
1966 - April 21 - Emperor Haile Selassie I visits Jamaica as part of his trip to Caribbean region
1973 - The OAU Conference of Heads of States and Government in Rabat, Morocco -- Emperor Haile Selassie I was nominated
unanimously to be called the "Father of African Unity".
1973 - Famine in the northern provinces of Welo and Tigre leads to propaganda and civil unrest
197374 An estimated 200,000 people die in Wallo province as a result of famine.
1974 Haile Selassie overthrown in military coup. General Teferi Benti becomes head of state.
1974 - September 5 - Emperor Haile Selassie I deposed by Megistu Haile Mariam
1974 - September 12 - Emperor Haile Selassie I seen in public for last time
1974 - Asfaw Wossen named "Acting Crown Prince"
1975 - Emperor Haile Selassie I ascends to Holy Zion
1977 Benti killed and replaced by Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam.
197779 Thousands of government opponents die in "Red Terror" orchestrated by Mengistu; collectivisation of agriculture
begins; Tigrayan People's Liberation Front launches war for regional autonomy.
1977 Somalia invades Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
1978 Somali forces defeated with massive help from the Soviet Union and Cuba.
198485 Worst famine in a decade strikes; Western food aid sent; thousands forcibly resettled from Eritrea and Tigre.
1987 Mengistu elected president under a new constitution.
1988 Ethiopia and Somalia sign a peace treaty.
1989 - Asfa Wossen assumed the title "Emperor-in-Exile" and Zara Yacob named Crown Prince.
The following dated items were retrieved 11/23/2016 Ethiopia profile Timeline BBC News; http://www.bbc.
com/news/worldafrica13351397 3/14
1991 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front captures Addis Ababa, forcing Mengistu to flee the country; Eritrea
establishes its own provisional government pending a referendum on independence.
1992 Haile Selassie's remains discovered under a palace toilet.
1993 Eritrea becomes independent following referendum.
1994 New constitution divides Ethiopia into ethnicallybased regions.
1995 Negasso Gidada becomes titular president; Meles Zenawi assumes post of prime minister.
1998 EthiopianEritrean border dispute erupts into armed clashes.
1999 Ethiopian Eritrean border clashes turn into a fullscale war.
2000 June Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a ceasefire agreement which provides for a UN observer force to monitor the truce and
supervise the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Eritrean territory.
2000 November Haile Selassie buried in Addis Ababa's Trinity Cathedral.
2000 December Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a peace agreement in Algeria, ending two years of conflict. The agreement establishes
commissions to delineate the disputed border and provides for the exchange of prisoners and the return of displaced people.
2001 February Ethiopia says it has completed its troop withdrawal from Eritrea in accordance with UNsponsored agreement.
2002 April Ethiopia, Eritrea accept a new common border, drawn up by an independent commission, though both sides then lay
claim to the town of Badme.
2003 April Independent boundary commission rules that the disputed town of Badme lies in Eritrea. Ethiopia says the ruling is
unacceptable.
2004 JanuaryFebruary Nearly 200 killed in ethnic clashes in isolated western region of Gambella. Tens of thousands flee area.
2004 March Start of resettlement programme to move more than two million people away from parched, overworked highlands.
2004 November Ethiopia says it accepts "in priniciple" a boundary commission's ruling on its border with Eritrea. But a
protracted stalemate over the disputed town of Badme continues.
2005 March USbased Human Rights Watch accuses army of "widespread murder, rape and torture" against Gambella region's
ethnic Anuak people. Military angrily rejects charge.
2005 April First section of Axum obelisk, looted by Italy in 1937, is returned to Ethiopia from Rome.
2005 May Disputed multiparty elections lead to violent protests over months.
2005 AugustSeptember Election reruns in more than 30 seats: Officials say the ruling party gains enough seats to form a
government.
2005 December International commission, based in The Hague, rules that Eritrea broke international law when it attacked
Ethiopia in 1998. More than 80 people, including journalists and many opposition leaders, are charged with treason and genocide
over November's deadly clashes.
2006 May Six political parties and armed groups form an opposition alliance, the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, at a
meeting in the Netherlands. Several bomb blasts hit Addis Ababa. No organisation claims responsibility.
2006 August Several hundred people are feared to have died and thousands are left homeless as floods hits the north, south and
east.
2006 September Ethiopia denies that its troops have crossed into Somalia to support the transitional government in Baidoa.
2006 October UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urges Eritrea to pull back the troops it has moved into the buffer zone on the
Ethiopian border. The UN says the incursion is a major ceasefire violation. War of words between Ethiopia and Islamists
controlling much of Somalia. Prime Minister Meles says Ethiopia was "technically" at war with the Islamists because they had
declared holy war on his country.
2006 November UN report says several countries including Ethiopia have been violating a 1992 arms embargo on Somalia by
supplying arms to the interim government there. Ethiopia's arch enemy Eritrea is accused of supplying the rival Islamist
administration. Ethiopia and Eritrea reject a proposal put forward by an independent boundary commission as a way around a
fouryear impasse over the demarcation of their shared border. Ethiopian troops enter Somalia, engage in fierce fighting with
Islamists controlling large parts of the country and capital. The Islamists disperse. Somalia invasion
2006 December Exiled former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam is convicted, in absentia, of genocide at the end of a 12year trial.
He is later sentenced to death.
2007 April Gunmen attack a Chineseowned oil facility in the southeast Somali region, killing 74 people working there.
2007 June Opposition leaders are given life sentences over mass protests that followed elections in 2005, but are later pardoned.
2007 September Ethiopia celebrates the start of a new millennium according to the calendar of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
2007 November Ethiopia rejects border line demarcated by international boundary commission. Eritrea accepts it.
2008 June Peace agreement signed between Somali government and rebels provides for withdrawal of Ethiopian troops within
120 days.
2008 July UN Security Council votes unanimously to end UN peacekeeping mission monitoring disputed border between Ethiopia
and Eritrea.
2008 September Celebrations held to mark completion of reassembly of 1700yearold Axum Obelisk, looted in 1937 during the
Italian conquest and returned by Italy in three parts after 2005.
2008 December Police rearrest key opposition leader Birtukan Medeksa, who was jailed for her role in the opposition protests
after the 2005 polls, and freed under a government pardon in 2007.
2009 January Ethiopia formally withdraws forces from Somalia.
2009 June Ethiopia admits to "reconnaissance missions" in Somalia, but denies redeploying troops there.
2009 August Ethiopia, Eritrea ordered to pay each other compensation for their 19982000 border war.
2009 September Chinese firms secure deal to build several hydropower dams and wind farms.
2009 November Twentysix found guilty of coup plot.
2009 December Rebels of the Ogaden National Liberation Front claim capture of several towns in the east in a month of heavy
fighting.
2010 May Ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) wins huge majority in parliamentary elections,
handing PM Meles Zenawi a fourth term. EU observes say the vote "fell short". Opposition leaders demand a rerun.
2010 October Ongoing clashes reported between government forces and Ogaden rebels. Tensions with Eritrea
2011 March Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of sending agents across the border to plant bombs and warns it will take all necessary
measures to halt Eritrean "aggression".
2011 April Ethiopia for the first time declares openly that it will support Eritrean rebel groups fighting to overthrow President
Isaias Afewerki.
2011 June Parliament designates three domestic political and armed organisations as terrorist groups.
2011 July Drought. Millions of Ethiopians and refugees from Somalia need emergency aid. Two Swedish journalists are captured
by Ethiopian troops in Ogaden region during a clash with ONLF rebels.
2011 October The American military begins flying drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia, as part of its fight against Islamist
militants in Somalia.
2011 November Ethiopian troops are spotted in Somalia. A government spokesman denies their presence.
2011 December Two Swedish journalists arrested while covering conflict in Ogaden region are found guilty of supporting
terrorism. They are sentenced to 11 years in jail.
2012 January Ethiopia accused of forcing thousands off their land for foreign investors. Group of European tourists kidnapped,
killed in remote Afar region near the border with Eritrea.
2012 March Ethiopian troops attack positions in southeastern Eritrea, alleging that subversive groups were being trained there.
2012 June Rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front claims it attacked an army convoy and garrison, killing 168 Ethiopian troops.
Ethiopian troops withdraw from towns in central Somalia which they had seized from rebel al Shabaab control.
2012 August Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies after several months of rumours about his declining health. Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Hailemariam Desalegn takes over the following month.
2013 June Ethiopia and Egypt agree to hold talks to quell tensions over the building of an Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile. Egypt
worries the dam will reduce vital water supply.
2015 March Ethiopia destroys entire stockpile of illegally poached ivory. Conservationists say the country remains a key
trafficking hub.
2015 May Ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) wins an overwhelming victory in general election.
2016 January Government drops plans to expand Addis Ababa boundaries after months of protests by Oromo ethnic group
fearing farmers could be displaced. Rights groups estimate at least 140 people killed by security forces during protests. Millions of
people face dire food shortages after Ethiopia suffers its worst drought in decades.
2016 July Tens of thousands of people from Ethiopia's ethnic Amhara group take part in an antigovernment demonstration in
the northern city of Gondar.
2016 September The African Union calls for restraint in Ethiopia after months of antigovernment protests which began in the
central Oromo region before spreading to Amhara in the north. Human rights groups say at least 500 people have been killed.
2016 September Britain, the EU and the World Bank announce a project to create 100,000 jobs in Ethiopia. A third of the jobs
will be for Eritrean refugees to whom the Ethiopian government will grant full employment rights.
2016 October Government declares a sixmonth state of emergency following months of violent antigovernment protests.
The above chronology compiled by Malchijah, please contact me for updates.
formed in 1920 to promote peace and co-operation between countries).
1928 - September 7 (27 Meskarem 1921) - Regent Ras Tafari assumes the title Negus and crowned King Ras Tafari
1930 April - Zawditu dies and is succeeded by Ras Tafari Makonnen, who becomes Emperor Haile
Selassie I.1930 - November 2 (23 Tekent 1922) - Negus Ras Tafari assumes the title Negus Negast (King of kings) and crowned
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I (Qedamawi Haile Selassie I) (Might of the Trinity) along with the crowning of Her
Imperial Majesty Empress Menen Asfaw (Itegue Menen Asfaw)
1931 - July 31 - Promulgated the first Ethiopian Constitution to Our Ethiopian people
1935 - Emperor Haile Selassie I Portrait
1935 - Mussolini (Italy) invades Ethiopia
1936 - His Imperial Majesty goes into exile in Bath, England while waiting for the League of Nations to act.
1936 Italians capture Addis Ababa, king of Italy made emperor of Ethiopia; Ethiopia combined with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland
to become Italian East Africa.
1936 - Emperor Haile Selassie I addresses the League of Nations regarding the unlawful invasion of Ethiopia by Italy.
1936 - Emperor Haile Selassie I at the League of Nations
1940 - January 22 - With United Nations failing to act, Emperor Haile Selassie I returns to Ethiopian soil issuing the 'The Golden
Declaration' leading Ethiopians and allied forces against the Italian occupation.
1941 British and Commonwealth troops, greatly aided by the Ethiopian Patriots and resistance the arbegnoch defeat the
Italians, and restore Haile Selassie I to his throne.
1941 - May 5 - Haile Selassie I's triumphant return to Addis Ababa and sits on the throne re-establishing Solomonic Dynasty and
God's covenant with David.
1946 - Emperor Haile Selassie I Family at Palace
1951 - Emperor Haile Selassie I builds the new Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion to house the Ark of the Covenant
1952 - Eritrea federated with Ethiopia by U.N.
1954 - Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie the 1st., Princess Seble Desta, and Prince Sahle Salessie, visit with United Stated
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, his wife, Mamie Eisenhower, at the White House.
1954 - May 28 - President Mordecai W. Johnson escorts His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, to a special
convocation during which the Emperor receives the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. (University Archives, Moorland-Spingarn
Research Center, Howard University)
1954 - October 10 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and Queen Elizabeth during state visit to Britain.
1954 - October 22 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and Winston Churchill at 10 Downing St. in Britain.
1955 - Emperor Haile Selassie I Family
1955 - November 4 (24 Teqemt 1948) - Revised Constitution Promulgated BY His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I on
the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of His Coronation.
1956 - November 17-18 - State Visit to Japan
1961 - Empress Menen passes
1961 - Attempted coup using Prince Asfaw Wossen as authority figure-head who was under duress by the military
1962 - Emperor Haile Selassie I abolishes the federation of Eritrea and Ethiopia and establishes Eritrea as an Ethiopian province
1963 - May 25 - As the founding member, Emperor Haile Selassie I spearheaded the establishment of the Organization of African
Unity (O.A.U.) headquarted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. First Chairperson of the OAU and also served as the
1963 - October 1 - President J.F.K. at Union Station, NY, welcoming His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I durning 2nd
State Visit to the United States of America
1963 - November 25 - Emperor Haile Selassie I at JFK's Funeral
1964 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and Jomo Kenyatta during Nairobi Kenya state visit
1964 - October 4 - Emperor Haile Selassie I and UN Secretary U Thant
1966 - April 21 - Emperor Haile Selassie I visits Jamaica as part of his trip to Caribbean region
1973 - The OAU Conference of Heads of States and Government in Rabat, Morocco -- Emperor Haile Selassie I was nominated
unanimously to be called the "Father of African Unity".
1973 - Famine in the northern provinces of Welo and Tigre leads to propaganda and civil unrest
197374 An estimated 200,000 people die in Wallo province as a result of famine.
1974 Haile Selassie overthrown in military coup. General Teferi Benti becomes head of state.
1974 - September 5 - Emperor Haile Selassie I deposed by Megistu Haile Mariam
1974 - September 12 - Emperor Haile Selassie I seen in public for last time
1974 - Asfaw Wossen named "Acting Crown Prince"
1975 - Emperor Haile Selassie I ascends to Holy Zion
1977 Benti killed and replaced by Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam.
197779 Thousands of government opponents die in "Red Terror" orchestrated by Mengistu; collectivisation of agriculture
begins; Tigrayan People's Liberation Front launches war for regional autonomy.
1977 Somalia invades Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
1978 Somali forces defeated with massive help from the Soviet Union and Cuba.
198485 Worst famine in a decade strikes; Western food aid sent; thousands forcibly resettled from Eritrea and Tigre.
1987 Mengistu elected president under a new constitution.
1988 Ethiopia and Somalia sign a peace treaty.
1989 - Asfa Wossen assumed the title "Emperor-in-Exile" and Zara Yacob named Crown Prince.
The following dated items were retrieved 11/23/2016 Ethiopia profile Timeline BBC News; http://www.bbc.
com/news/worldafrica13351397 3/14
1991 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front captures Addis Ababa, forcing Mengistu to flee the country; Eritrea
establishes its own provisional government pending a referendum on independence.
1992 Haile Selassie's remains discovered under a palace toilet.
1993 Eritrea becomes independent following referendum.
1994 New constitution divides Ethiopia into ethnicallybased regions.
1995 Negasso Gidada becomes titular president; Meles Zenawi assumes post of prime minister.
1998 EthiopianEritrean border dispute erupts into armed clashes.
1999 Ethiopian Eritrean border clashes turn into a fullscale war.
2000 June Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a ceasefire agreement which provides for a UN observer force to monitor the truce and
supervise the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Eritrean territory.
2000 November Haile Selassie buried in Addis Ababa's Trinity Cathedral.
2000 December Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a peace agreement in Algeria, ending two years of conflict. The agreement establishes
commissions to delineate the disputed border and provides for the exchange of prisoners and the return of displaced people.
2001 February Ethiopia says it has completed its troop withdrawal from Eritrea in accordance with UNsponsored agreement.
2002 April Ethiopia, Eritrea accept a new common border, drawn up by an independent commission, though both sides then lay
claim to the town of Badme.
2003 April Independent boundary commission rules that the disputed town of Badme lies in Eritrea. Ethiopia says the ruling is
unacceptable.
2004 JanuaryFebruary Nearly 200 killed in ethnic clashes in isolated western region of Gambella. Tens of thousands flee area.
2004 March Start of resettlement programme to move more than two million people away from parched, overworked highlands.
2004 November Ethiopia says it accepts "in priniciple" a boundary commission's ruling on its border with Eritrea. But a
protracted stalemate over the disputed town of Badme continues.
2005 March USbased Human Rights Watch accuses army of "widespread murder, rape and torture" against Gambella region's
ethnic Anuak people. Military angrily rejects charge.
2005 April First section of Axum obelisk, looted by Italy in 1937, is returned to Ethiopia from Rome.
2005 May Disputed multiparty elections lead to violent protests over months.
2005 AugustSeptember Election reruns in more than 30 seats: Officials say the ruling party gains enough seats to form a
government.
2005 December International commission, based in The Hague, rules that Eritrea broke international law when it attacked
Ethiopia in 1998. More than 80 people, including journalists and many opposition leaders, are charged with treason and genocide
over November's deadly clashes.
2006 May Six political parties and armed groups form an opposition alliance, the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, at a
meeting in the Netherlands. Several bomb blasts hit Addis Ababa. No organisation claims responsibility.
2006 August Several hundred people are feared to have died and thousands are left homeless as floods hits the north, south and
east.
2006 September Ethiopia denies that its troops have crossed into Somalia to support the transitional government in Baidoa.
2006 October UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urges Eritrea to pull back the troops it has moved into the buffer zone on the
Ethiopian border. The UN says the incursion is a major ceasefire violation. War of words between Ethiopia and Islamists
controlling much of Somalia. Prime Minister Meles says Ethiopia was "technically" at war with the Islamists because they had
declared holy war on his country.
2006 November UN report says several countries including Ethiopia have been violating a 1992 arms embargo on Somalia by
supplying arms to the interim government there. Ethiopia's arch enemy Eritrea is accused of supplying the rival Islamist
administration. Ethiopia and Eritrea reject a proposal put forward by an independent boundary commission as a way around a
fouryear impasse over the demarcation of their shared border. Ethiopian troops enter Somalia, engage in fierce fighting with
Islamists controlling large parts of the country and capital. The Islamists disperse. Somalia invasion
2006 December Exiled former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam is convicted, in absentia, of genocide at the end of a 12year trial.
He is later sentenced to death.
2007 April Gunmen attack a Chineseowned oil facility in the southeast Somali region, killing 74 people working there.
2007 June Opposition leaders are given life sentences over mass protests that followed elections in 2005, but are later pardoned.
2007 September Ethiopia celebrates the start of a new millennium according to the calendar of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
2007 November Ethiopia rejects border line demarcated by international boundary commission. Eritrea accepts it.
2008 June Peace agreement signed between Somali government and rebels provides for withdrawal of Ethiopian troops within
120 days.
2008 July UN Security Council votes unanimously to end UN peacekeeping mission monitoring disputed border between Ethiopia
and Eritrea.
2008 September Celebrations held to mark completion of reassembly of 1700yearold Axum Obelisk, looted in 1937 during the
Italian conquest and returned by Italy in three parts after 2005.
2008 December Police rearrest key opposition leader Birtukan Medeksa, who was jailed for her role in the opposition protests
after the 2005 polls, and freed under a government pardon in 2007.
2009 January Ethiopia formally withdraws forces from Somalia.
2009 June Ethiopia admits to "reconnaissance missions" in Somalia, but denies redeploying troops there.
2009 August Ethiopia, Eritrea ordered to pay each other compensation for their 19982000 border war.
2009 September Chinese firms secure deal to build several hydropower dams and wind farms.
2009 November Twentysix found guilty of coup plot.
2009 December Rebels of the Ogaden National Liberation Front claim capture of several towns in the east in a month of heavy
fighting.
2010 May Ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) wins huge majority in parliamentary elections,
handing PM Meles Zenawi a fourth term. EU observes say the vote "fell short". Opposition leaders demand a rerun.
2010 October Ongoing clashes reported between government forces and Ogaden rebels. Tensions with Eritrea
2011 March Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of sending agents across the border to plant bombs and warns it will take all necessary
measures to halt Eritrean "aggression".
2011 April Ethiopia for the first time declares openly that it will support Eritrean rebel groups fighting to overthrow President
Isaias Afewerki.
2011 June Parliament designates three domestic political and armed organisations as terrorist groups.
2011 July Drought. Millions of Ethiopians and refugees from Somalia need emergency aid. Two Swedish journalists are captured
by Ethiopian troops in Ogaden region during a clash with ONLF rebels.
2011 October The American military begins flying drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia, as part of its fight against Islamist
militants in Somalia.
2011 November Ethiopian troops are spotted in Somalia. A government spokesman denies their presence.
2011 December Two Swedish journalists arrested while covering conflict in Ogaden region are found guilty of supporting
terrorism. They are sentenced to 11 years in jail.
2012 January Ethiopia accused of forcing thousands off their land for foreign investors. Group of European tourists kidnapped,
killed in remote Afar region near the border with Eritrea.
2012 March Ethiopian troops attack positions in southeastern Eritrea, alleging that subversive groups were being trained there.
2012 June Rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front claims it attacked an army convoy and garrison, killing 168 Ethiopian troops.
Ethiopian troops withdraw from towns in central Somalia which they had seized from rebel al Shabaab control.
2012 August Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies after several months of rumours about his declining health. Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister Hailemariam Desalegn takes over the following month.
2013 June Ethiopia and Egypt agree to hold talks to quell tensions over the building of an Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile. Egypt
worries the dam will reduce vital water supply.
2015 March Ethiopia destroys entire stockpile of illegally poached ivory. Conservationists say the country remains a key
trafficking hub.
2015 May Ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) wins an overwhelming victory in general election.
2016 January Government drops plans to expand Addis Ababa boundaries after months of protests by Oromo ethnic group
fearing farmers could be displaced. Rights groups estimate at least 140 people killed by security forces during protests. Millions of
people face dire food shortages after Ethiopia suffers its worst drought in decades.
2016 July Tens of thousands of people from Ethiopia's ethnic Amhara group take part in an antigovernment demonstration in
the northern city of Gondar.
2016 September The African Union calls for restraint in Ethiopia after months of antigovernment protests which began in the
central Oromo region before spreading to Amhara in the north. Human rights groups say at least 500 people have been killed.
2016 September Britain, the EU and the World Bank announce a project to create 100,000 jobs in Ethiopia. A third of the jobs
will be for Eritrean refugees to whom the Ethiopian government will grant full employment rights.
2016 October Government declares a sixmonth state of emergency following months of violent antigovernment protests.
The above chronology compiled by Malchijah, please contact me for updates.
Note: Due to various language interpretations, names and references may have different spellings
(e.g., Menylek - Menelik - Menilik - Menelek, Negus - Neguse -Negust, etc.), but represent the same
person/reference.
2nd century AD Kingdom of Axum becomes a regional trading power.
4th century Coptic Christianity introduced from Egypt.
153031 Muslim leader Ahmad Gran conquers much of Ethiopia.
181868 Lij Kasa conquers Amhara, Gojjam, Tigray and Shoa.
1855 Kasa becomes Emperor Tewodros II.
1868 Tewodros defeated by a British expeditionary force and commits suicide to avoid capture.
1872 Tigrayan chieftain becomes Yohannes IV.
1889 Yohannes IV killed while fighting Mahdist forces and is succeeded by the king of Shoa, who
becomes Emperor Menelik II.
1889 Menelik signs a bilateral friendship treaty with Italy at Wuchale which Italy interprets as
giving it a protectorate over Ethiopia. Ethiopia rejects this interpretation, later renounces the treaty
and repays a loan.
1889 Addis Ababa becomes Ethiopia's capital.
1892 - July 23 (16 Hamle 1884) - Birthdate of Haile Selassie I as Lij Tafari Makonnen in Ejarsa
Goro in Harar.
1895 - Italy invades Ethiopia
1896 - March 1 - Battle of Adwa
1896 Italian forces defeated by the Ethiopians at Adwa; treaty of Wuchale annulled; Italy
recognises Ethiopia's independence but retains control over Eritrea.
1896 - October 10 - Menelik II defeats the Italians and signs the Treaty of Addis Ababa
1897 - 1899 - Teferi Mekonnen 5 and 7 yrs old
1903 - Teferi Mekonnen 11 years old
1905 - Tafari Makonnen assigned first military title "Dejazmach" (keeper of 'the Gate') by his father
Ras Makonnen
1906 - March 21 - (13 Magabit 1898) - Tafari's Father, Ras Makonnen ascension
1907 - Appointed position of Dejazmach
1910 - March 3 - Tafari appointed "Ras" (Governor) of his home province of Harar
1911 - July 31 - Ras Tafari marries Menen Asfaw
1913 - December 12 - Menelik II's ascension and is succeeded by his grandson, Lij Iyasu
1916 Lij Iyasu deposed and is succeeded by Menelik's daughter, Zawditu, who rules through a
regent, Ras Tafari Makonnen.
1916 - September 27 - Ras Tafari Makonnen is made Regent and Heir to the Solomonic Throne
(e.g., Menylek - Menelik - Menilik - Menelek, Negus - Neguse -Negust, etc.), but represent the same
person/reference.
2nd century AD Kingdom of Axum becomes a regional trading power.
4th century Coptic Christianity introduced from Egypt.
153031 Muslim leader Ahmad Gran conquers much of Ethiopia.
181868 Lij Kasa conquers Amhara, Gojjam, Tigray and Shoa.
1855 Kasa becomes Emperor Tewodros II.
1868 Tewodros defeated by a British expeditionary force and commits suicide to avoid capture.
1872 Tigrayan chieftain becomes Yohannes IV.
1889 Yohannes IV killed while fighting Mahdist forces and is succeeded by the king of Shoa, who
becomes Emperor Menelik II.
1889 Menelik signs a bilateral friendship treaty with Italy at Wuchale which Italy interprets as
giving it a protectorate over Ethiopia. Ethiopia rejects this interpretation, later renounces the treaty
and repays a loan.
1889 Addis Ababa becomes Ethiopia's capital.
1892 - July 23 (16 Hamle 1884) - Birthdate of Haile Selassie I as Lij Tafari Makonnen in Ejarsa
Goro in Harar.
1895 - Italy invades Ethiopia
1896 - March 1 - Battle of Adwa
1896 Italian forces defeated by the Ethiopians at Adwa; treaty of Wuchale annulled; Italy
recognises Ethiopia's independence but retains control over Eritrea.
1896 - October 10 - Menelik II defeats the Italians and signs the Treaty of Addis Ababa
1897 - 1899 - Teferi Mekonnen 5 and 7 yrs old
1903 - Teferi Mekonnen 11 years old
1905 - Tafari Makonnen assigned first military title "Dejazmach" (keeper of 'the Gate') by his father
Ras Makonnen
1906 - March 21 - (13 Magabit 1898) - Tafari's Father, Ras Makonnen ascension
1907 - Appointed position of Dejazmach
1910 - March 3 - Tafari appointed "Ras" (Governor) of his home province of Harar
1911 - July 31 - Ras Tafari marries Menen Asfaw
1913 - December 12 - Menelik II's ascension and is succeeded by his grandson, Lij Iyasu
1916 Lij Iyasu deposed and is succeeded by Menelik's daughter, Zawditu, who rules through a
regent, Ras Tafari Makonnen.
1916 - September 27 - Ras Tafari Makonnen is made Regent and Heir to the Solomonic Throne
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