Iyoas I [SEP] noble family
Iyoas I
Iyoas I or Joas I (Ge'ez: ኢዮአስ, throne name Adyam Sagad, Ge'ez: አድያም ሰገድ, "to whom the confines of the earth bow") (d. 14 May 1769) was "nəgusä nägäst" (27 June 1755 – 7 May 1769) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the infant son of Iyasu II and Wubit (Welete Bersabe), the daughter of an Oromo chieftain of the Yejju district.
Iyoas and Mentewab.
Despite his extreme
13 – Anna Canalis di Cumiana, morganatic spouse of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1680)
- April 20 – Chief Pontiac, Ottawa chief (murdered) (b. c. 1719)
- April 21 – John Gilbert Cooper, British poet and writer (b. 1722)
- May 14 – Iyoas I, Emperor of Ethiopia.
- June 1 – Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
- June 28 – Elisabeth Stierncrona, Swedish noble (b. 1714)
- August