Iyoas II [SEP] noble family
Iyoas II
Iyoas II or Joas II (Ge'ez ኢዮአስ, died 3 June 1821) was "nəgusä nägäst" (14 June 1818 – 3 June 1821) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Hezqeyas.
The "Royal chronicle" provides very little information about his reign: only the date of his elevation and the year of his death. According to Nathaniel Pearce, Iyoas was selected Emperor over his nephews Zerobabel and Merrit by Ras Gugsa and Kenyazmach Akli Meru due to
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