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"year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor of Ethiopia Fasilides expels Jesuit missionaries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369169348#Date_unknown", "title": "1633", "revid": 1369169348, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Yohannes I becomes king of Ethiopia, following the death of his father Negus Fasilides.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#October–December", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1682, "year_label": "1682 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – Iyasus succeeds his father Yohannes I as Emperor of Ethiopia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560956#July–September", "title": "1682", "revid": 1369560956, "section": "Events › 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