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Colony of Natal

British colony from 1843 to 1910

12 dated entries naming Colony of Natal, drawn from 8 separate years between 1843 CE and 1897 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.

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19th century

  • 1843May 4 – Natal is proclaimed a British colony.source
  • 1856July 9 – Natal becomes a British Crown colony.source
  • 185615 July - Natal is made a separate British colony, after being part of Cape colony since 1843. Theophilus Shepstone becomes Secretary for Native Affairs.source
  • 1857The first Legislative Council is selected in the Natal Colony.source
  • 1867May 24 – Robert William Keate becomes Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.source
  • 1867May 24 – Robert William Keate is appointed as Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.source
  • 1873July 22 – Sir Benjamin Pine becomes Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.source
  • 1895December 15 – The railways of the Cape of Good Hope, Colony of Natal, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic and southern Mozambique are all linked at Union Junction near Alberton.source
  • 1895December 15 – The railways of the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic and southern Mozambique are all linked at Union Junction near Alberton, completing the logistics supply lines for the British military invasion of the Boer Republics in the Second Boer War.source
  • 1896May 13 – The Franchise Bill is passed by the Colony of Natal's Legislative Assembly, disfranchising natives of other countries.source
  • 1896May 13 – The Franchise Bill is passed by Natal's Legislative Assembly, disfranchising natives of other countries.source
  • 1897December 30 – Natal annexes Zululand.source

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