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Seven guerrillas are killed in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at Sinoya in the first engagement of the armed struggle against White ru

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Prof. J.C. van Rooy and Dr E. Greyling open the CNO-Voortrekker-Bewaarskool (Christian National Education Crèche) in Pietermar

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Faud dies and his 16-year-old son, Farouk, becomes King of Egypt.

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The first football FA-cup final match is played in the Wembley Stadium, London.

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The League of Nations is established, with Gen. Jan Smuts and Prime Minister Louis Botha as the two representatives of the Unio

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Louis-Herbert Lyautey is appointed as the first Resident-General of Morocco, with a particular instruction to suppress anti-Fre

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A punitive expedition is undertaken by the British against Muhammed Abdalah Hassan (known to the British as the ‘Mad Mullah’) i

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Willem Frederick Gerard Nicolai (66), Dutch composer of the Free State anthem, dies in the Netherlands. He never visited So

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Hendrika (Rikie) Postma, author of chiefly Bible stories and other stories for children and prominent supporter of the Ossewa-t

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The Huguenot Church, designed by Louis Thibault and oldest church building in SA after the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, is consecr

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The English fleet destroys pirate fleet of Bey of Tunis and releases prisoners in Algiers.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: During a meeting held in the Vryheid district to elect delegates for the peace conference, Commandant-General

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Abraham Jacobus Kotzé de Klerk, missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand.

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Claude Pagdett Carter, SA cricket player in ten test matches, is born in Durban.

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Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, the Prince Im

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Ashanti War breaks out in Africa.

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Lord Allenby, commander of the Egyptian forces who freed Jerusalem in 1917 from the Turks, is born.

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Andries Jacobus Bester, Boer commandant, is born in Bloemfontein

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A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape responsible government.

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Hendrik Cloete, formerly of Cape Town, is appointed Her Majesty’s Commissioner of Natal.

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Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with violent opposition b

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George is proclaimed a separate district and the town is called George Town. ;

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Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Netherlands in Simonstown as solicitor-general.

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Pieter Gysbert van Noodt (48) dies of a sudden heart attack at the same time as four deserted soldiers, who had resisted arre

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Willem Adriaan van der Stel, governor at the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands.

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Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his &quot;personal health and fam

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Kitch Christie (58), coach of the SA rugby team who won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, dies of cancer in a hospital in Pretoria.

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A devastating veld fire near Plettenberg Bay claims six lives and destroys 220 000 hectare of vegetation.

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Hutu refugees flee the refugee camp at Kibeho, Zaire, after soldiers gun down thousands or are trampled to death in stampedes.

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SA signs an agreement with the government of Namibia concerning broadcasting services to Walvis Bay.

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Seven guerrillas are killed in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at Sinoya in the first engagement of the armed struggle against White ru

Prof. J.C. van Rooy and Dr E. Greyling open the CNO-Voortrekker-Bewaarskool (Christian National Education Crèche) in Pietermar

Faud dies and his 16-year-old son, Farouk, becomes King of Egypt.

The first football FA-cup final match is played in the Wembley Stadium, London.

The League of Nations is established, with Gen. Jan Smuts and Prime Minister Louis Botha as the two representatives of the Unio

Louis-Herbert Lyautey is appointed as the first Resident-General of Morocco, with a particular instruction to suppress anti-Fre

A punitive expedition is undertaken by the British against Muhammed Abdalah Hassan (known to the British as the ‘Mad Mullah’) i

Willem Frederick Gerard Nicolai (66), Dutch composer of the Free State anthem, dies in the Netherlands. He never visited So

Hendrika (Rikie) Postma, author of chiefly Bible stories and other stories for children and prominent supporter of the Ossewa-t

The Huguenot Church, designed by Louis Thibault and oldest church building in SA after the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, is consecr

The English fleet destroys pirate fleet of Bey of Tunis and releases prisoners in Algiers.

Anglo-Boer War 2: During a meeting held in the Vryheid district to elect delegates for the peace conference, Commandant-General

Abraham Jacobus Kotzé de Klerk, missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand.

Claude Pagdett Carter, SA cricket player in ten test matches, is born in Durban.

Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, the Prince Im

Ashanti War breaks out in Africa.

Lord Allenby, commander of the Egyptian forces who freed Jerusalem in 1917 from the Turks, is born.

Andries Jacobus Bester, Boer commandant, is born in Bloemfontein

A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape responsible government.

Hendrik Cloete, formerly of Cape Town, is appointed Her Majesty’s Commissioner of Natal.

Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with violent opposition b

George is proclaimed a separate district and the town is called George Town. ;

Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Netherlands in Simonstown as solicitor-general.

Pieter Gysbert van Noodt (48) dies of a sudden heart attack at the same time as four deserted soldiers, who had resisted arre

Willem Adriaan van der Stel, governor at the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands.

Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his &amp;quot;personal health and fam

Kitch Christie (58), coach of the SA rugby team who won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, dies of cancer in a hospital in Pretoria.

A devastating veld fire near Plettenberg Bay claims six lives and destroys 220 000 hectare of vegetation.

Hutu refugees flee the refugee camp at Kibeho, Zaire, after soldiers gun down thousands or are trampled to death in stampedes.

SA signs an agreement with the government of Namibia concerning broadcasting services to Walvis Bay.

Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his "personal health and fam