1488 Bartholomeu Diaz at Kwaaihoek
1652 Van Riebeeck lands at the Cape
1659 – 1699 Wine tradition established
1666 – 1679 Castle of Good Hope
1679 Governor Van der Stell
1688 Arrival of the Huguenots
1691 Groot Constantia
1737 The first mission station
1773 Jonge Thomas shipwreck
1778 Van Plettenberg beacon
1797 Lady Anne Barnard
1806 British capture the Cape
1820 Shaka Zulu King
1820 The 1820 settlers
1834 Emancipation of the slaves
1836 The great trek
1838 The battle of Blood River
1842 British occupy Natal
1842 Dick King's ride
1852 Reconciliation of Pretorius and Potgieter
1852 Transvaal independence
1854 First Cape Parliament
1854 Governor George Grey
1854 Orange Free State independence
1855 Founding of Pretoria
1859 First railway
1863 President Jan Hendrik Brand
1867 Discovery of diamonds
1869 Moshweshwe
1871 Kimberley Mine
|
1875 .. Om te staan vir ons taal, ons Nasie en ons land. 25 September 1875
1877 Shepstone annexes Transvaal
1879 Battle of Isandhlwana
1879 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
1881 Battle of Majuba
1883 Olive Schreiner
1884 President Paul Kruger
1886 Discovery of gold
1890 Cecil John Rhodes
1893 Mohandas K. Gandhi
1895 Jameson raid
1899 – 1901 the Anglo – Boere War
1900 Battle of Spion kop
1900 Relief of Lady Smith
1901 Lord Alfred Milner
1902 James Stephenson – Hamilton
1902 Peace of Vereeniging
1906 General JC Smuts
1907 Jock of the bushveld
1908 Founding of Onderstepoort
1910 Union of South Africa
1914 – 1918 First World War
1914 – 1918 the First World War
1915 SA forces capture Windhoek
1915 SA forces capture Windhoek
1922 Rand miner's strike
1924 Robert Broom and Raymond Dart
1939 – 1945 the Second World War
1939 N P van Wyk Louw
1961 Republic of South Africa 31 May 1961 |
