General Oreste Baratieri occupies the highlands along…

May 1889 CE

General Oreste Baratieri occupies the highlands along the Eritrean coast in the vacuum that follows the death of Emperor Yohannes IV in March 1889, and Italy proclaims the establishment of the new colony of Italian Eritrea (from the Latin name for the Red Sea), a colony of the Kingdom of Italy with its capital as Asmara in substitution of Massawa.

In the Treaty of Wuchale (Italian: Uccialli) signed on May 2 of the same year, King Menelik of Shewa, a southern Ethiopian kingdom, recognizes the Italian occupation of his rivals' lands of Bogos, Hamasien, Akkele Guzay, and Serae in exchange for guarantees of financial assistance and continuing access to European arms and ammunition.

His subsequent victory over his rival kings and enthronement as Emperor Menelik II (r. 1889–1913) in November makes the treaty formally binding upon the entire territory.

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Menelik II View → Yohannes IV View →

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New Imperialism View → Scramble for Africa View → Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 View →

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