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Emperor of Ethiopia

hereditary rulers of the Ethiopian Empire

36 dated entries naming Emperor of Ethiopia, drawn from 32 separate years between 1314 CE and 1889 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1314Amda Seyon I, known as "the Pillar of Zion" begins his reign as Emperor of Ethiopia, during which he expands into Muslim territory to the southeast by incorporating a number of smaller states.source
  • 1329February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1332).source
  • 1332February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1329).source
  • 1344Newaya Krestos succeeds his father Amda Seyon I as Emperor of Ethiopiasource
  • 1399Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1468)source

15th century

  • 1434June – Amda Iyasus, Emperor of Ethiopiasource
  • 1471July 15 – Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)source
  • 1478November 8 – Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as Emperor of Ethiopia, at the age of seven, initially under the regency of his mother, Romna Wark.source
  • 1494May 7 – The infant Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1494May 7 – Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1471)source
  • 1494October 26 – Amda Seyon II is deposed and killed, and his uncle Na'od succeeds him as Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1494October 26 – Amda Seyon II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. c. 1487)source

16th century

  • 1508July 31 – The Emperor of Ethiopia, Na'od, dies in battle. His son Lebna Dengel takes on the regnal name of Dawit II, and becomes the new emperor starting on August 11.source
  • 1508July 31 – Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle)source
  • 1529March 9 – The Battle of Shimbra Kure is fought in Ethiopia as the Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, with 12,000 men, including special forces armed with matchlock firearms, defeats the 200,000 man army of the Emperor Dawit II.source
  • 1531October 28 – Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Dawit II, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia thus falls under Imam Ahmad's control.source
  • 1540September 3 – Gelawdewos succeeds his father Lebna Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1541July 9 – Estêvão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Cristóvão da Gama, with orders to assist the Emperor of Ethiopia to defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, who had invaded his Empire.source
  • 1563February 1 – Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia at age 14.source
  • 1578Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats and kills Bahr negus Yeshaq along with his Ottoman allies, finally ending his rebellion.source

17th century

  • 1603Yaqob is deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia for the first time by Za Sellase, who appoints his cousin Za Dengel to replace him.source
  • 1607March 10 – Battle of Gol in Gojjam: Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II, which makes him Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1608March 18 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia, at the ancient city of Axum.source
  • 1611March 9 – Battle of Segaba in Begemder: Yemana Kristos, brother of Emperor of Ethiopia Susenyos I, ends the rebellion of Melka Sedeq.source
  • 1632June 25 – Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia in succession to his father Susenyos, declares the state religion of the country again to be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and confiscates the lands of the Jesuit missionaries, relegating them to Fremona.source
  • 1633Emperor of Ethiopia Fasilides expels Jesuit missionaries.source
  • 1667October 18 – Yohannes I becomes king of Ethiopia, following the death of his father Negus Fasilides.source
  • 1682July 19 – Iyasus succeeds his father Yohannes I as Emperor of Ethiopia.source

18th century

  • 1706March 27 – Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia has abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1708July 1 – Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1711October 14 – Yostos kills Tewoflos, becoming Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1755June 27 – Iyoas I becomes the new Emperor of Ethiopia upon the death of his father, Iyasu IIsource
  • 1779July 20 – Tekle Giyorgis I begins the first of his five reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.source

19th century

  • 1842February 7 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.source
  • 1855February 11 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.source
  • 1889March 9 – Battle of Metemma: Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia, is killed; Sudanese forces, who have been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army. Yohannes is probably the world's last ruler ever to die in battle; on March 25 Menelik II proclaims himself as his successor.source

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