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HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY |
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On this Page: Chronology |
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| List of Ethiopian Kings | Bible References:Ethiopia/Coronation |
| Empress Menen | |
| July 23rd 1892 | The birth of Tafari Makonnen in Ejarsa Goro, Harer province, Ethiopia. |
| 1895 | Italy invades Ethiopia |
| March 1st-2nd 1896 | Menelik II defeats the Italians at Adowa |
| November 1st 1905 | Tafari Makonnen is made Dejazmatch by his father Ras Makonnen |
| March 21st 1906 | Ras Makonnen, Tafari's father, dies |
| March 3rd 1910 | Tafari is appointed governor of Harer province |
| July 31st 1911 | Tafari marries Menen Asfaw |
| December 12th 1913 | Menelik II dies |
| September 1916 | Empress Zauditu takes power and Tafari is named Ras and Regent |
| 1923 | Ras Tafari takes Ethiopia into the League of Nations |
| 1928 | Tafari becomes Negus (King) |
| November 2nd 1930 | Negus Tafari is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia and takes his baptismal name HAILE SELASSIE which means Power of the Trinity. His wife, Menen Asfaw is also crowned Empress in a break with trodition. |
| 1931 | Ethiopia's first constitution promulgated |
| 1935 | Mussolini invades Ethiopia |
| 1936 | His Imperial Majesty goes into exile in England and buys Fairfield House near Bath. He makes His famous speech to the League of Nations |
| January 1941 | HIM returns to Ethiopia and defeats the Italian forces with the aid of British troops |
| May 5th 1941 | HIM enters Addis Abeba in triumph |
| 1951 | HIM builds new Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion to house the Ark of the Covenant |
| 1952 | Eritrea federated with Ethiopia by UN |
| 1955 | Revised constitution promulgated |
| 1961 | Empress Menen passes |
| 1962 | HIM abolishes the federation of Eritrea and Ethiopia |
| 1963 | The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) is established at Addis Abeba (see News) |
| April 1966 | HIM visit to the Caribbean. Haile Selassie I reached Jamaica on the 21st April |
| 1973 | Famine in the northern provinces of Welo and Tigre leads to propaganda and civil unrest |
| 1974 | HIM deposed |
| September 12th 1974 | Seen in public for the last time |
| 1975 | His Imperial Majesty disappears from the eyes of Babylon |
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