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South African Republic

independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa between 1856–1902

9 dated entries naming South African Republic, drawn from 8 separate years between 1852 CE and 1900 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

  • 1852January 17 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Transvaal.source
  • 1877April 12 – The United Kingdom annexes the South African Republic, violating the Sand River Convention of 1852, causing the First Boer War.source
  • 1880December 30 – The Transvaal becomes a republic, and Paul Kruger becomes its first president.source
  • 1890March 17 – The first railway in Transvaal, the Randtram, opens between Boksburg and Braamfontein in Johannesburg.source
  • 1893May 23 – Gandhi arrives in South Africa, where he will live until 1914, lead non-violent protests on behalf of Indian immigrants in the South African Republic (Transvaal), and develop a deeper experience of such activities.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
  • 1899June 26 – Joseph Chamberlain sets into motion the Second Boer War after receiving an appeal from the British Cape Colony in South Africa to help British subjects oppressed in the Transvaal Republic.source
  • 1899September 15 – Preparing for an attack on Britain's Cape Colony from the neighboring Transvaal Republic, Robert Baden-Powell arrives at the border town of Mafeking and begins recruiting volunteers and stockpiling munitions to prepare for an attack and siege.source
  • 1900October 25 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.source

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