1935–1937 Second Italo-Abyssinian War
- Italian use of mustard gas against Ethiopian soldiers, violating Geneva conventions forbidding its use
- Yekatit 12 -- In response to the unsuccessful assassination of Rodolfo Graziani on 19 February 1937, thousands of Ethiopians were killed, including all of the monks residing at Debre Libanos, and over a thousand more detained at Danan who were then exiled either to the Dahlak Islands or Italy.
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