Treaty of Uccialli

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The Treaty of Uccialli was an 1889 agreement between Italy and Ethiopia whose disputed wording over Ethiopia’s sovereignty helped trigger the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Wuchale ⓘ
Wuchale Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Wuchale
AmharicVersionStated Ethiopia could use Italy for foreign relations if it wished ⓘ
causeOf First Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
colonialContext Italian colonial expansion in East Africa ⓘ
countryContext Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dateSigned 1889-05-02 ⓘ
dispute extent of Ethiopian independence in foreign affairs ⓘ
interpretation of Article 17 ⓘ
EthiopianPosition rejection of Italian protectorate claim ⓘ
EthiopianRulerAtSigning Menelik II ⓘ
hasArticle Article 17 ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
ItalianVersionClaimed Ethiopia was obliged to conduct foreign relations through Italy ⓘ
jurisdiction international law between Italy and Ethiopia ⓘ
language Amharic ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
legalEffectClaimedByEthiopia recognition of Ethiopian independence ⓘ
legalEffectClaimedByItaly establishment of an Italian protectorate over Ethiopia ⓘ
placeSigned Uccialli ⓘ
Wuchale ⓘ
Wuchale, Ethiopia ⓘ
policyConsequence Italian claim of protectorate over Ethiopia ⓘ
precedes First Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
relatedConflict First Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Addis Ababa (1896) ⓘ
repudiatedBy Menelik II ⓘ
repudiationRelatedEvent Battle of Adwa ⓘ
signatory Ethiopia ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
signedBy Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
signedByLeader Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Menelik II

King Umberto I of Italy ⓘ
status repudiated by Ethiopia ⓘ
subject Ethiopian sovereignty ⓘ
Italian protectorate claim over Ethiopia ⓘ
diplomatic relations between Italy and Ethiopia ⓘ
topic Ethiopian foreign relations ⓘ
European colonialism in Africa ⓘ
typeOfDispute textual discrepancy between treaty versions ⓘ
yearSigned 1889 ⓘ

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Treaty of Wuchale → hasAlternativeSpelling → Treaty of Uccialli ⓘ