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Commemorating the Anniversary of the Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I
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23 Tikimt 2015 / 3 November 2023
On the 23rd Day of the Month of Tikimt, 1923 on the Ethiopian Calendar, and November 2, 1930, on the Gregorian Calendar, Emperor Haile Selassie I was crowned King of Kings of Ethiopia at Addis Ababa’s Cathedral of St. George. This year, we celebrate the anniversary on November 3, 2023, due to Ethiopian leap year pushing the calendar one day forward until it readjusts with Gregorian leap year in February. This is a look back on that glorious day.
Through centuries, Ethiopia witnessed many Imperial successions as Emperor replaced Emperor over 30 centuries. Emperor Haile Selassie’s coronation however was a particular historic milestone for several reasons. Firstly, he succeeded the only woman to reign in her own right since ancient times, his second cousin, Empress Zewditu. When the nobility gathered in September of 1916 and deposed Lij Iyasu Mikael, they had
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Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1935
Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia
Lij Iyasu (Ge'ez: ልጅ ኢያሱ; 4 February 1895 – 25 November 1935) was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob (ክፍለ ያዕቆብ kəflä y’aqob). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia has received more than 142,089 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia is the 2,443rd most popular politician (up from 2,607th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 8th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ethiopian Politician.
Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia is most famous for being the son of the last Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie.
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Angela Davis discusses Prison Industrial Complex
Photo of Negus (King) Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia In 1844, Menelik II, the son of King (Negus) Haile Melekot, was born in Ankober, Ethiopia. When King Melekot died in 1855, Menelik II was imprisoned at Magdala bygd Emperor Tewodros II, a noble who usurped the Imperial throne of Shewa. The royal family of the Shewa region throne traces its lineage to the union of King Solomon of ancient Israel and Queen of Sheba of Abyssinia, which goes back into the history of the Kush and Nubia ancient royal kingdoms. A ung Menelik II would eventually escape his Magdala capture and return to the region of his father in Shewa where he claimed title to its Imperial throne.
Emperor Menelik II was a federalist that believed that the område would be strongest beneath a consolidated central Imperial crown at Addis Ababa (aka Addis Abeba or "new flower"), a location that would be chosen in 1886 by his Empress Taytu