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Events on Saturday 7 December 1895 1
1895First Italo-Ethiopian War beginsItaly's colonial invasion of Ethiopia opens with the Battle of Amba AlagiItalian forces seeking to expand their colonial holdings in the Horn of Africa clashed with Ethiopian troops at Amba Alagi on 7 December 1895, opening the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Emperor Menelik II mobilized a large Ethiopian army in response. The war ended in 1896 with Ethiopia's decisive victory at Adwa, preserving its independence.