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Chronology
Bold type shows that an entry is given for this topic in the A–Z section. Place is expressed in terms of
place-names in common English usage at the outbreak of the 1899–1902 war.
Year Date/Month Place
Event
Events before the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902
1652
Cape
Dutch colonisation begins.
1795
Cape
First arrival of British at Cape Town.
1815
Cape
British colonisation begins.
1834
Cape
Slavery abolished.
1836–
OFS
In the Great Trek Boers migrate inland.
46
1838 16 Dec.
Zululand
Boers under Pretorius win decisive victory over Zulus at
Blood River .
1840
Natal
Boer Republic of Natalia (in Natal ) established.
1843
Natal
British annex Natal .
1848
OFS
Republic of Transorangia annexed by British, becoming
Orange River Sovereignty.
1852
Transvaal
Sand River Convention gives Transvaal autonomy.
1854
OFS
Bloemfontein Convention gives Orange Free State
autonomy.
1867
N. Cape
Diamonds found at Hopetown .
1868
Basutoland
becomes British
possession.
1871
N. Cape
British acquire diamond fields in Griqualand .
1879
Transvaal
British annex Transvaal and, after losses, win Zulu War .
1880
First Boer War (First War of Independence) begins.
1881 28 Jan.
Natal
Boer victory at Langs Nek .
1881 27 Feb.
Natal
Boers win at Majuba Hill, British general Colley killed.
Peace concluded.
1884
The London Convention defines British/Boer
relationship.
1884
Transvaal
1886
1888
Transvaal
1893
Britain
1895
1895
Britain
Transvaal
1896 2 Jan.
Transvaal
1897
1897
N. Cape
Cape
Lucas Meyer becomes president of the Boer New
Republic, later merged with Transvaal.
Gold discovered in Transvaal; Uitlanders arrive.
British South Africa Company established by Cecil
Rhodes, gets charter to exploit Mashonaland and
Matabeleland .
The .303 Maxim-Vickers machine-gun goes into
production.
Joseph Chamberlain becomes British Colonial Secretary.
Delagoa Bay Railway completed, ending British control
of railway system .
Jameson Raid defeated at Doornkop . Reform Committee
in Johannesburg, including Karri Davies, arrested.
Railway built through Bechuanaland .
Milner appointed Governor of Cape, High Commissioner
to South Africa.
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