Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius after whom Pretoria was named, died in 1853 at his Magaliesburg home. His body was later exhumed and reburied at Heroes' Acre in Pretoria after General P.J. Joubert's requested the burial of famous Afrikaner leaders in the same cemetery.
eventREF E-0011143Revised
31 May 1891
Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied
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- 31 May 2020
How we know this
- 01Manfred, N. (1937), The Voortrekkers Of South Africa. From The Earliest Times To The Foundation Of The Republics, (London: Gordon and Gotch) pg 349.
- 02SAHO, 'Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius', from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za
Last updated · 31 May 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Andries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011143
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