Which Happened First?

Italian Eritrea

Italian Eritrea
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Italian Eritrea was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea. The first Italian establishment in the area was the purchase of Assab by the Rubattino Shipping Company in 1869, which came under government control in 1882.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. French Indochina1887–1954
  2. First Brazilian RepublicNovember 15, 1889 – October 24, 1930
  3. Italian Eritrea (this page)1890–1936
  4. French Protectorate of Laos1893–1954
  5. Republic of Hawaii1894 – August 12, 1898
  6. Federated Malay States1895–1946

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