King Moshoeshoe, founder and first paramount chief of the Basotho nation died and was buried on Thaba Bosigo.
eventREF E-0011035Revised
11 March 1870
King Moshoeshoe dies
- Updated
- 9 Mar 2020
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 544.
- 02sesotho, Basotho in Lesotho, from Sesotho Online, [online], Available at www.sesotho.web.za [Accessed: 05 March 2013]
Last updated · 9 Mar 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). King Moshoeshoe dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011035
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