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Conquest: 1600s-1800s
"They strongly insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
Land is a very important commodity. It is used for farming, which provides food, providing living space and can also be seen as a sign of wealth and success…
Conclusion: Treks & Land conflicts 1600s - 1800s
It is clear that frontiers were changed and shifted according to various circumstances and for many different reasons during the 19th century. European…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… between the Khoi-San of the colonial authorities 1800 Cape Colony: An official newspaper press is established. … fine threatening anyone who attempts to…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… 1775 Apprenticeship laws are promulgated at the Cape. 1800 A massive drought begins in Southern Africa resulting in … Transformation in Southern Africa…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
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Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… over to serve the needs of the Black community. 1948 May, 1800 patients are moved to Baragwanath Hospital from the … Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991 …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… 1800: Historical Context Nelson Mandela traces his lineage … Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899 …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… movement of non-European South Africans was in the early 1800’s. However, slaves at the Cape had been forced to carry … government repealed the Pass laws on…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries, a … Missionary settlement in Southern Africa…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014 …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Grey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999 …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967 …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
After the French Revolution, the newly founded Republic of France conquered the Netherlands in 1795. The Netherlands became known as the Batavian Republic and…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899 …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the … true of the earlier Dutch settlements at the Cape. 1800-1886 The advent of the British…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… The Battle of Isandlwana was won by the Zulus after about 1800 British soldiers were met by 20 000 Zulu soldiers. In …
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
The first white inhabitantsBetween 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from the Cape Colony, crossed the Orange River and…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from India. 1860 16 November, The first batch of…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land,…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Second Dutch-Khoi-Khoi War. The Dutch take approximately 1800 head of livestock. 1674 The building of the stone … Colony's first post office begins. Timeline…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
Introduction More than two and a half centuries prior to the birth of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Jan Van Riebeeck and his expedition of Dutch Calvinist…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed Church) establishes a congregation in Rustenburg. 16 November, A Hervormde congregation is…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
The Mfecane (a Zulu word which translates to “the crushing”) or Difiqane (a Sotho word which translates to “forced removal) was a series of Nguni and other…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… was one of five sons of Hajee Cassim Tar Mahomed Sayani (1800-1895), an influential figure in nineteenth-century …
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land dispossession, economic impoverishment, and exclusion from…