Ethiopian nobleman Ras Kassa crowns himself Emperor Tewodros (Theodore) II
In Eastern Africa, a nobleman named Ras Kassa crowns himself Emperor Tewodros (Theodore) II and launches a campaign to transform Ethiopia into a modern nation. (By Brian Bockelman)
Source Citation
G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville, Chronology of African History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973), 165.