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The Emperor personally donated 2,000 tons of relief grain, the U.S. sent 32,000 tons, which was distributed between Eritrea and Tigray, and money for aid was raised throughout the country but it is estimated that approximately 100,000 people had died before the crisis ended in August 1961.
This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed. Earlier kings of the Dʿmt, Axum and Zagwe kingdoms are listed separately due to numerous gaps and large flexibility in chronology.
2 December 1950 – The federation of Eritrea with Ethiopia had stipulated under UN Resolution 390 (V). [44] 1961 – Eritrean War of Independence began, followed by the dissolution of the federation and closing of Eritrean parliament. [45] 25 May 1963 – Haile Selassie formed the Organization of African Unity (OAU) headquartered in Addis ...
By 1971 ELF activity had become enough of a threat that the emperor had declared martial law in Eritrea. He deployed roughly half of the Ethiopian army to contain the struggle. Internal disputes over strategy and tactics eventually led to the ELF's fragmentation and the founding in 1972 of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). The ...
The Emperor declared Eritrea the fourteenth province of Ethiopia in 1962. [108] The Negus suffered criticism due to the expenses involved in fighting the Nationalist forces. By the early 1970s Emperor Haile Selassie's advanced age was becoming apparent.
The Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Amda Seyon I. Wedem Arad was succeeded by his son, Amda Seyon I, whose reign witnessed the composition of a very detailed and seemingly accurate account of the monarch's various campaigns against his Muslim enemies. This was the first of a series of royal chronicles which were written for the Ethiopian ...
28 October 1531 – Battle of Amba Sel, the Adal troops overwhelmed the Ethiopian soldiers, entering the Ethiopian Highlands and subsequent sack began. [18] 2 September 1540 – Dawit II death and his son Gelawdewos became Emperor. [19] 21 February 1543 – Abyssinians led by Emperor Gelawdewos defeated the Adal Sultanate and killed Imam Ahmed.
In 1896, Emperor Menelik II’s conquest strongly consolidated Ethiopia’s modern borders while eluding the 19th-century Scramble for Africa and Italian colonialism. Eritrea was annexed by the Ethiopian imperial government under Emperor Haile Selassie in 1952, culminating in the Eritrean War of Independence.