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Gondar

city, former capital of Ethiopia

6 dated entries naming Gondar, drawn from 6 separate years between 1636 CE and 1770 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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17th century

  • 1636Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar, which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.source
  • 1668Emperor Yohannes I of Ethiopia convenes a church council in Gondar, which decides to expel all Roman Catholics from the country.source
  • 1696April – A fire destroys the Gra Bet (Left Quarter) of Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia. The fire starts "in the house of a prostitute" and destroys many buildings, including the churches of St. George, Takla Haymanot and Iyasu.source
  • 1700April – Fire destroys many buildings in Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia, including two in the palace complex.source

18th century

  • 1704An earthquake strikes Gondar, Ethiopia.source
  • 1770February 14 – Scottish explorer James Bruce arrives at Gondar, capital of Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia) and is received by the Emperor Tekle Haymanot II and Ras Mikael Sehul.source

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