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Yohannes IV

1837 - 1889

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Yohannes IV (Tigrinya: ዮሓንስ ፬ይ Rabaiy Yōḥānnes; horse name Abba Bezbiz also known as Kahśsai; born Lij Kahssai Mercha; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to his death in 1889 at the Battle of Gallabat, and king of Tigray from 1869 to 1871. During his reign he successfully defended Ethiopia against a large-scale Egyptian invasion. In his earlier years, he rebelled against Tewodros II; having risen to power in the 1860s, he maintained the policy of Tewodros, that of continued unification and also implemented a policy of touring entire regions and meetings with governors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yohannes IV has received more than 857,372 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Yohannes IV is the 10,264th most popular politician (down from 9,071st in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yohannes IV ranks 10,264 out of 19,576. Before him are Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois, Gaius Antonius, Charles Evans Hughes, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, and Andrei Kirilenko. After him are Władysław Czartoryski, Lahiri Mahasaya, Momir Bulatović, Jean Ping, Vasco Gonçalves, and José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Yohannes IV ranks 62. Before him are Robert Gould Shaw, Moritz Kaposi, Sanjō Sanetomi, Walter Hauser, Michele Rua, and Franz Overbeck. After him are Nicolás Avellaneda, Ernst Ziller, Tony Robert-Fleury, Kabayama Sukenori, Horace Parnell Tuttle, and Dwight L. Moody. Among people deceased in 1889, Yohannes IV ranks 49. Before him are Alfred Józef Potocki, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Champfleury, John Hughes, Benedetto Cairoli, and Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach. After him are Albrecht Ritschl, Laura Bridgman, Jean-Baptiste Arban, Belle Starr, Louis Faidherbe, and Ivan Larionov.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Yohannes IV ranks 25 out of 105. Before him are Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), Haile Gebrselassie (1973), Amha Selassie (1916), and Mamo Wolde (1932). After him are Negasso Gidada (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), Gudit (950), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Zara Yaqob (1399), and Miruts Yifter (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Yohannes IV ranks 19. Before him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), and Amha Selassie (1916). After him are Negasso Gidada (1943), Gudit (950), Dawit II (1496), Fasilides (1603), Ezana of Axum (325), and Hailemariam Desalegn (1965).

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