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EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… people immigrate to the Cape Colony. The first groups of settlers arrived in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the … on 17 March 1820. These became known…
PlaceTranskei
… the Zuurveld and annexed it to the Cape as the District of Albany. Following further clashes in 1818 and 1819 a highly … virtually unchecked across the…
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… In the late 18th and 19th Century the Xhosa and White Settlers arrived. The Bushmen were displaced and no longer … the wife of King William IV. Despite the…
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… to the Sierra Leone Company for the "free community of settlers, their heirs and successors." A few years later the settlers were also joined by settlers of…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… which was used as a dye, until the first permanent settlers arrived in 1532. The first permanent settlement was … in 1615. It was called Fort Nassau, near…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… is organised mainly by leaders of the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA). July 29, Recruitment of … the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Alex Niet arrives in Okahandja, causing panic among the settlers when he tells them that 300 armed Herero are on … to attack the town. In response Lieutenant…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… enjoy from missionaries lead to tensions between the white settlers on the one hand and their servants and labourers and … at Gqokoli Hill 1820 Approximately…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… of Australia were labeled 'Aborigines' by the British settlers. Aborigine is a Latin word from 'ab' meaning origin, … Although many indigenous communities…
EventLord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as Governor
… established by the British Government for the 1820 British Settlers. Lord Somerset had a distinct sense of … in Cape Town. He mediated between Xhosa chiefs…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… the remaining 93% of the land were allocated to white settlers. [3] The impact of this new law was far-reaching … were also not allowed to rent land…
Griqua
… quickly crossed the Orange River and defeated the settlers at Zwartkoppies. Maitland, who was Governor at the … Government, faced with the objections of both…
Griqua community
… quickly crossed the Orange River and defeated the settlers at Zwartkoppies. Maitland, who was Governor at the … Government, faced with the objections of both…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893 its name was … On this site same the Nottingham party of…
Zulu Community
… is based on archaeological evidence, and later on European settlers’ diaries and Zulu oral histories. Long ago, before … very slowly and many skirmishes…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… by hunting and gathering. DID YOU KNOW! The European settlers had many names for the hunter gatherers: Bosjesman, … most challenging environments, and to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… with the formation of the Colonial Born and Indian Settlers Association. 4 February, The Second Round-table … S.L. Singh and P.R. Pather form the Colonial…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… Africa. The first people in Mapungubwe were early Iron Age settlers. They lived there from about 1000 AD to 1300 AD, and … Unit 1- Changes in society in the…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… a memorial tower to commemorate the landing of the British Settlers of 1820, was made in 1904 by the Reverend Alfred E … a lofty tower which would serve as a…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… was erected to commemorate the landing of the 1820 Settlers and is situated at the entrance to the railway … and docks in Strand Street, the spot where it is…
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
… the quagga was brought upon by aggressive hunting by the settlers. The quagga could not be tamed and the settlers began to view them as pests. They were…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… on the islands of São Tomé and Principé. The Portuguese settlers on these islands used slaves bought from the Kongo … India and even China with African ivory…
Khoisan Identity
… who did not speak Khoi languages – known to white settlers as ‘Bushmen’ - in contradistinction to the … two thousand years. However, with the arrival of…
ArticleBecoming human in southern Africa
… arrived in South Africa at the same time as European settlers, but new research proves that they were here … much easier. The arrival of the ox-plough with…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… of local Khoikhoi pastoralists by early Dutch settlers that opened up the area for European settlement. … conflicts with the Khoikhoi who lost grazing…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… "Houtbaai" (Wood Bay) as it was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the Bay behind Table Mountain . … to the quantity of excellent timber which…
Durban an Overview
… under British control. At this point many of the Dutch settlers chose to leave the province, resettling in the OFS …
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… together with animal bones and stone tools. The Dutch settlers referred to the Khoikhoi as Hottentots, because of …
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… after the war is over would become targets of the original settlers or the Boers. Nevertheless, the British settlers continued to live in South Africa after…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… crush these aspirations were however quite difficult. The settlers were determined, were quite able to survive in the African climate and were well armed…