Title: The Timeline for Ethiopia.
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 .1530-31 - Muslim leader Ahmad Gran conquers much of Ethiopia.

 .1818-68 - 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.

 .1889 - Addis Ababa becomes Ethiopia's capital.

 .1895 - Italy invades Ethiopia.

 .1896 - Italian forces defeated by the Ethiopians at Adwa; treaty of Wuchale annulled; Italy recognises Ethiopia's independence but retains control over Eritrea.
 
 .1913 - Menelik dies 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.

 .1930 - Zawditu dies and is succeeded by Ras Tafari Makonnen, who becomes Emperor Haile Selassie I.

 .1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia.

 .1936 - Italians capture Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie flees, king of Italy made emperor of Ethiopia; Ethiopia combined with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland to become Italian East Africa.

 .1941 - British and Commonwealth troops, greatly aided by the Ethiopian resistance - the arbegnoch - defeat the Italians, and restore Haile Selassie to his throne.

 .1952 - United Nations federates Eritrea with Ethiopia.

 .1962 - Haile Selassie annexes Eritrea, which becomes an Ethiopian province.

 .1963 - First conference of the Organisation of African Unity held in Addis Ababa.

 .1973-74 - An estimated 200,000 people die in Wallo province as a result of famine.

 .1974 - Haile Selassie deposed in coup led by Teferi Benti.

 .1975 - Haile Selassie dies in mysterious circumstances while in custody.

 .1977 - Benti killed and replaced by Mengistu Haile Mariam.

 .1977-79 - 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.

 .1985 - 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.