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Zulu warriors near the Tugela River overwhelm Robert Biggar, leader of a force of about seventeen Englishmen, twenty Khoi with

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King Goodwill Zwelithini and the Zulu Royal Family severs all ties with Chief Buthelezi. This followed a stoning by Inkatha Fre

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Zulu King Cetshwayo Dies

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… his death was caused by a heart attack, rather than the poisoning rumored at the time. For further reading on the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879, click here. …

Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f

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Constance Magogo Sibilile Mantithi Ngangezinye Thombisile Ka Dinuzulu (Princess Constance), daughter of Zulu King Dinuzulu and

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Mpande, king of the Zulu people and half-brother of Dingane, dies in Zululand. Another source gives the date as 19 November

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The Battle of Ulundi, decisive battle during the Zulu War, takes place with the British forces gaining the upper hand and Cetsh

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The Battle of Tugela (also Battle of Ndondakusuka) takes place in the war between Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande

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Zulu warriors ambush Piet Uys and his men at Italeni

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Major-General Sir Henry Lukin, who fought in the Zulu War, campaigned in German South West Africa and commanded the South Afric

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