1 March 1896
Battle of Adowa
Frustrates Italian attempts to make Ethiopia a protectorate
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Adowa in Ethiopia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Frustrates Italian attempts to make Ethiopia a protectorate
Provenance
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