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Boers

descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Dutch Cape Colony

22 dated entries naming Boers, drawn from 14 separate years between 1834 CE and 1902 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Boer in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1834Secret preparations for the Great Trek begin as armed Boer farmers plan to leave Cape Colony.source
  • 1838December 16 – Battle of Blood River: The Boers win a decisive victory over the Zulus.source
  • 184016 October - Potchefstroom, Winburg and Natalia unifies as a single Boer republicsource
  • 1842War breaks out between the British and the Boers in Natal in the Battle of Congella.source
  • 1842June 4 – In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into a British military base in Grahamstown, to warn that the Boers have besieged Durban (he had left 11 days earlier). The British army dispatches a relief force.source
  • 18424 June – In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into the British military base in Grahamstown to warn that Boers have besieged Durban. He had set out eleven days earlier. The British Army dispatches a relief force.source
  • 1844Fighting erupts between Boers and the Griqua as Boers reject the authority of Adam Kok III.source
  • 1854The Boers defeat the Ndebele at Makapansgatsource
  • 1881January 28 – The Boers defeat the British in the Battle of Laing's Nek during the First Boer War.source
  • 1881August 3 – The Pretoria Convention peace treaty is signed, officially ending the war between the Boers and Britain.source
  • 1881August 3 – The Pretoria Convention peace treaty is signed, officially ending the war between the Boers and the Britain.source
  • 1882July 26 – Boers establish the republic of Stellaland in southern Africa.source
  • 1885September 30 – A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland, and adds it to British Bechuanaland.source
  • 1896January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.source
  • 189911 October – Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State, erupts.source
  • 1900January 6 – Second Boer War: Boers attempt to end the Siege of Ladysmith, which leads to the Battle of Platrand.source
  • 190015 January —The New Zealand Mounted Rifles rout a Boer assault at Slingersfontein, South Africa.source
  • 1900February 8 – Second Boer War: British troops defeat the Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa.source

20th century

  • 1901February 26 – The Middelburg peace conference fails in South Africa, as Boers continue to demand autonomy.source
  • 1901February 26 – The Middelburg peace conference fails as Boers continue to demand autonomy.source
  • 1902March 7 – Second Boer War: Battle of Tweebosch – South African Boers win their last battle over the British Army, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.source
  • 1902May 6 – Qulusi-Zulu chief Sikhobobo with a 300-strong impi attacks Field-cornet Potgieter and 70 Boers while sleeping, leaving 56 Burghers and 52 Zulus dead in the Battle of Holkrans.source

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