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| + | * [http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/chronology.htm Timelines of South African History from SAHO]. | ||
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* c.1000 B.C.-200 A.D.: Khoisan settle in the region | * c.1000 B.C.-200 A.D.: Khoisan settle in the region | ||
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* 1478: Portuguese Bartholemeu Dias arrives at Mossel Bay | * 1478: Portuguese Bartholemeu Dias arrives at Mossel Bay | ||
| − | * 1652: Dutch East India Company establishes a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope | + | * 1652: Jan van Riebeeck arrives with 90 men in service of the Dutch East India Company and establishes a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope for the Eastern trade |
* 1652-1795: Dutch (later called Boers or Afrikaners) conquer the Khoisan, slaves are imported from Indonesia, India, Ceylon, Madagascar and Mosambique | * 1652-1795: Dutch (later called Boers or Afrikaners) conquer the Khoisan, slaves are imported from Indonesia, India, Ceylon, Madagascar and Mosambique | ||
| − | * | + | * by 1662, a colony had developed and immigration was encouraged from the 1700s onwards; "trekboers" move north and east; Khoisan pushed into service for the colonists; conflicts with Xhosa-speaking people in the east |
| + | * Dutch, German and French Huguenot colonists gradually begin to from an Afrikaner identity | ||
| + | * British take over the Cape from the Dutch in 1795, return it sven years later, and regain control in 1806 | ||
| + | * Cape frontier wars: British-Xhosa conflicts | ||
| + | * Missionary activity | ||
| + | * "The Great Trek" | ||
| + | * Formation of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal or ZAR - Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) | ||
| + | * Moshoeshoe's Basotholand (today's Lesotho) | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 15 April 2009
Contents
Glossary South Africa
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
- "Madiba": nickname for Mandela
- Mandela
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Timeline South Africa
- c.1000 B.C.-200 A.D.: Khoisan settle in the region
- 300-1000 A.D.: Bantu-speaking people settle in the area
- 1478: Portuguese Bartholemeu Dias arrives at Mossel Bay
- 1652: Jan van Riebeeck arrives with 90 men in service of the Dutch East India Company and establishes a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope for the Eastern trade
- 1652-1795: Dutch (later called Boers or Afrikaners) conquer the Khoisan, slaves are imported from Indonesia, India, Ceylon, Madagascar and Mosambique
- by 1662, a colony had developed and immigration was encouraged from the 1700s onwards; "trekboers" move north and east; Khoisan pushed into service for the colonists; conflicts with Xhosa-speaking people in the east
- Dutch, German and French Huguenot colonists gradually begin to from an Afrikaner identity
- British take over the Cape from the Dutch in 1795, return it sven years later, and regain control in 1806
- Cape frontier wars: British-Xhosa conflicts
- Missionary activity
- "The Great Trek"
- Formation of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal or ZAR - Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek)
- Moshoeshoe's Basotholand (today's Lesotho)
