Timeline |
1880 CE | General Sir Garnet Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria. | |
1881 CE | Battle at Amajuba, when the South Africa Boers fought the British army under General Colley. | |
1881 CE | Battle at Ingogo, when the Transvaal Boers beat superior British forces. | |
1881 CE | Battle at Laing's Neck Natal Boers beat superior powered British. | |
1881 CE | The Boers and Britain sign a peace accord ending the first Boer war. | |
1881 CE | Natal British troops under General-Major Colley occupy Majuba Hill. | |
1881 CE | South African President Kruger accepts ceasefire. | |
1881 CE | Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty. | |
24 Jan 1900 CE | Boers defeated at Spion Kop. | |
28 Feb 1900 CE | General Butler relieved Ladysmith after the Boers attack and siege which lasted 3 months. About 1,000 people were killed or injured. | |
13 Mar 1900 CE | British Army captures Bloemfontain. | |
17 Mar 1900 CE | General Roberts and the British Army relieves Mafeking after a siege lasting 215 days. The resiatnce during the siege was led by Colonel Robert Baden-Powell. | |
Mar 1900 CE | President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein. | |
19 May 1900 CE | Britain annexes Orange Free State. | |
5 Jun 1900 CE | British Army takes Pretoria the capital of the Transvaal. | |
31 Aug 1900 CE | British Army occupies Johannesburg. | |
25 Oct 1900 CE | Britain annexes the Transvaal. | |
1900 CE | Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) | |
1900 CE | Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) | |
1900 CE | Battle at Pietershoogte; Boer General Cronjé surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa. | |
1900 CE | Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees. | |
1900 CE | Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army). | |
1900 CE | Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) | |
1900 CE | Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army). | |
1900 CE | Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed. | |
1900 CE | Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed. | |
1900 CE | British annex Natal (South Africa). | |
1900 CE | British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony). | |
1900 CE | British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal. | |
1900 CE | British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa. | |
1900 CE | British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg. | |
1900 CE | British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal. | |
1900 CE | General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal. | |
1900 CE | General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes. | |
1900 CE | Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown. | |
1900 CE | Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa. | |
1900 CE | Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city. | |
19 Mar 1901 CE | Boar leader Botha rejects Kitchener's terms. | |
1901 CE | Boer General John Smuts & De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal. | |
1901 CE | Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein. | |
25 Feb 1902 CE | Boers rout Britsh army at Klerksdorp. | |
31 May 1902 CE | Peace of Vereeniging end the Boer War. | |
1902 CE | Battle at Yzer Spruit Boer General De la Rey beats British. | |
1902 CE | Boer War Ends when the Treaty of Vereeniging is signed, Britain annexes Transvaal. | |
1902 CE | Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal. | |
1902 CE | Britain and the Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria. | |