geschiedenis van Zuid Afrika

1652	6 April the Dutch East India Company sent Jan van Riebeeck to establish a half-way station at the Cape to replenish passing ships.
1657	The first free burgers start farming at Rondebosh
1658	Approximately 400 slaves were imported from West Africa
1659	First wine was pressed in the Cape
1666	Building of the Castle commences
1679	Stellenbosch is founded by Simon van der Stel
1788	The first Huguenot settlers arrived
1778	The eastern boundary of the Cape at the Fish River was declared
1781	The first British attempt to annex the Cape was made

1795 - 1803	The first British occupation of the Cape
1803 - 1806	The Cape was returned to the Batavian Republic
1814	Holland seceded the Cape to Britain
1820	5000 British Settlers arrived
1828	Death of the Zulu ruler Chaka
1834	Slavery was abolished
1836	The Great Trek to the interior began
1837	The Matabele were defeated by the Voortrekkers
1839	Temporary British occupation of Durban
1843	Natal was proclaimed a British colony
1844	The majority of Voortrekkers left Natal under British rule
1845	Natal separated from the Cape Colony
1847	East London was founded and British rule extended
1848	British sovereignty was proclaimed over the land between the Vaal and the Orange rivers
1852	The British recognised the independence of the Transvaal
1854	The British recognised the independence of the Orange Free State
1855	Pretoria was founded
1856	Natal was made a separate colony
1860	The first railway - a link of 3km between the Point and Port Natal comes into operation
1867	The first diamond was discovered near Hopetown
1869	Diamonds were discovered near Kimberley
1870	The diamond fields were annexed by Britain
1871	Gold was discovered at Eersteling, Pietersburg
1872	Responsible parliamentary government was granted to the Cape Colony
1873	Gold was discovered in the Lydenburg district
1877	The Transvaal was proclaimed a British territory
1878	Walvis Bay was proclaimed a British territory
1879	Zulu War - Ceteswayo was exiled and the British occupied Zululand
1880	The First War of Independence was waged in the Transvaal
1881	The Transvaal regained its independence under British sovereignty
1883	Paul Kruger became president of the South African Republic (Transvaal)
1884	Barberton gold-fields were opened. The Treaty of London granted Transvaal full independence
1886	Johannesburg was founded with the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand
1889	Defence alliance between the Orange Free State and the Transvaal
1890	Cecil Rhodes becomes Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
1892	The railway between Cape Town and Johannesburg was completed
1893	Natal is granted self-government
1896	Rhodes resigned after the abortive Jameson Raid which attempted to overthrow the Transvaal Government
1898	Paul Kruger is elected President of the Transvaal for the 4th time
1899 - 1902	Anglo-Boer War between the two Boer republics and Britain
1902	Peace Treaty of Vereeniging. Transvaal and Orange Free State were made British colonies
1904	Death of President Kruger. Chinese labourers were imported to work on the gold mines

1910	The establishment of the Union of South Africa
1912	Formation of the African National Congress (ANC)
1913	Miners strikes and riots on the Witwatersrand
1914	Grave industrial disturbances and the proclamation of martial law
1915	Conclusion of Peace with Germany (Treaty of Versailles)
1920	Strike by 71 000 black workers on the Rand. General election and a new cabinet
1922	Strike by white workers on the gold and coal mines
1924	National party with General Hertzog as Prime Minister gains power
1925	Afrikaans is recognised as the official language, parallel with English and Dutch
1930	Enfranchisement of white women
1934	South African Party and National Party fuse to form United Party
1936	Native Trust and Land Act passed
1939	Start of World War II
1943	The ANC Youth League is formed
1948	General election
1950	Group Areas Act came into operation
1956	Coloured voters were placed on a separate roll
1958	The PAC was formed
1960	Sharpeville Massacre
1961	New decimal coinage system introduced
1962	Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
1963	Umkhonto We Sizwe headquarters raided. Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment
1966	Dr Verwoerd assassinated
1967	The first heart transplant operation was performed by Dr Chris Barnard at Grootte Schuur Hospital
1982	The Presidents Council submitted its first constitutional proposal
1983	White electorate said "yes" to proposals in a referendum
1989	Namibia gains independence from South Africa
1990	All political parties were unbanned. Negotiations began for the dismantling of Apartheid
1993	Chris Hani was assassinated
1994	Date set for elections	top van de pagina