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Yohannes IV
1872Jan, 12

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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