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| 1886 |
| | | Addis Ababa is founded, to become subsequently the capital of Ethiopia | |
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| 1889 |
| | | Menelik II is crowned emperor in Ethiopia, bringing the crown back to the Solomon dynasty | |
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| 1889 |
| | | In the treaty of Uccialli, Menelik II cedes the Ethiopian province of Eritrea to Italy | |
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| 1896 |
| | | The Ethiopian emperor, Menelik II, inflicts a shattering defeat on Italian forces at Aduwa | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Italy, one of the local colonial powers, accepts Ethiopia's claim to the Ogaden region of the Somali territory | |
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| 1916 |
| | | Ras Tafari, a member of the Ethiopian imperial family, deposes his distant relation the emperor and puts on the throne his aunt, Zauditu | |
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| 1930 |
| | | The regent Ras Tafari becomes emperor of Ethiopia and takes the name Haile Selassie | |
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| c. 1930 |
| | | The Rastafarian cult evolves in Jamaica, viewing Ras Tafari, the emperor of Ethiopia, as the black Messiah | |
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| 1935 |
| | | Mussolini uses a disagreement over grazing rights as a pretext for an empire-building invasion of Ethiopia | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Italian forces invading Ethiopia reach Addis Ababa, and Haile Selassie flees into exile | |
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