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No one quite knows when Abyssinian cats first arrived in Europe. However, an Aby made a splash at what’s often considered the world’s second major cat show, held at London’s famed Crystal Palace venue in 1871. Harper’s Magazine wrote that the feline was thought to have been “captured in the late Abyssinian War.” While that might not have been true, the exotic-looking Abyssinian still won third place.