Treaty of Wuchale

When

2 May 1889

Kind

Event

Coordinates

11.50° N, 39.60° E

Placed at the area around the town it links, Wuchale.

Signing of the Treaty of Wuchale between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy after the Italian occupation of Eritrea in the small Ethiopian town of Wuchale. King Menelik II had just won the imperial crown with the aid of Italian money and weapons. The purpose of the treaty was to promote friendship and trade among the two countries. Article 17 of the treaty was translated and interpreted differently by Ethiopia and Italy. Italy claimed the article imposed a protectorate over Ethiopia.

1889 trade agreement between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy

The Treaty of Wuchale was a treaty signed between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy. The signing parties were King Menelik II of Shewa, acting as Emperor of Ethiopia, and Count Pietro Antonelli representing Italy, on 2 May 1889, established the treaty after the Italian occupation of Eritrea. It was signed in the small Ethiopian town of Wuchale, from which the treaty got its name.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le traité d’Uccialli (ou Wichale) établit le protectorat théorique de l’Italie sur l’Éthiopie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page