Ethiopia

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

Nation

Containing Unit

Africa

Events

Date		Type
10/05/1867	At Bombay, the first British troops leave India for Africa to carry out the invasion of Abyssinia.	Battles/Soldiers
02/07/1855	Ethiopian nobleman Ras Kassa crowns himself Emperor Tewodros (Theodore) II	Foreign
04/16/1867	The deadline date for all European hostages the Emperor of Abyssinia held to be freed before British military action commences.	US/the World
04/16/1867	The Emperor of Abyssinia receives a blunt warning to release his European hostages or face British military action	US/the World

People

Documents

Date	Title
03/01/1858	Edmund Turner to Slaveholders, March 1, 1858

Images

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