Events on January 12 in history

Yohannes IV (January 12, 1872)

Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.

Yohannes IV (Tigrinya: ዮሓንስ ፬ይ Rabaiy Yōḥānnis; horse name Abba Bezbiz; born Lij Kasa Mercha; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to his death in 1889 at the Battle of Gallabat, and king of Ethiopia from 1869 to 1871.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
18 Nov

United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Events on January 12 in history

Yohannes IV (January 12, 1872)

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Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

United States presidential election, 1872

P. B. S. Pinchback