{"slug": "haile-selassie", "label": "Haile Selassie", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41178", "qid": "Q41178", "description": "Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974", "entries": 13, "years": 11, "span": [1892, 2009], "span_label": ["1892 CE", "2009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Haile Selassie I"], "related": [{"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ethiopian-empire", "label": "Ethiopian Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "brazil", "label": "Brazil", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-of-ethiopia", "label": "Emperor of Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jamaica", "label": "Jamaica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crown-prince", "label": "Crown prince", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-f-kennedy", "label": "John F. Kennedy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Haile Selassie I, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1975)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372569087#July", "title": "1892", "revid": 1372569087, "section": "Births › July"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Haile Selassie is crowned king (not yet emperor) of Abyssinia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#October", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#November", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1931, "year_label": "1931 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first Constitution of Ethiopia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310518#July", "title": "1931", "revid": 1371310518, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1932, "year_label": "1932 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – Haile Selassie announces an anti-slavery law in Abyssinia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370718676#April", "title": "1932", "revid": 1370718676, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt: While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Kebur Zabagna (Imperial Bodyguard) leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Taffari, is the new emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#December", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 - While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was visiting Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard staged a coup d'etat, taking many of the Imperial staff hostage, including Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, who was proclaimed as King (rather than Emperor). The coup failed within a few days, and Haile Selassie reigned as emperor until another coup in 1974.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1313861204#December", "title": "1960 in Ethiopia", "revid": 1313861204, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia overcome the coup that began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from a trip to Brazil. The Emperor absolves his own son of any guilt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#December", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy toasts Emperor Haile Selassie at a luncheon in Rockville, Maryland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#October", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Haile Selassie visits Jamaica for the first time, meeting with Rasta leaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#April", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – Ethiopian Revolution: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg, bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since 1270. The Ethiopian Civil War begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#September–October", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#August", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 22", "text": "22 April – Ten of thousands Ethiopians attend the state funeral of singer Tilahun Gessesse, becoming the largest lying of state since the funeral of Emperor Haile Selassie.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311399802#April", "title": "2009 in Ethiopia", "revid": 1311399802, "section": "Events › April"}}]}