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Mar 12, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
Bartholomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer. He traveled around the southern tip of Africa. He led the first European expedition around the cope of good hope. He is well known for making a sea rout to Asia and the Atlantic and Indian ocean. -
Period: Mar 12, 1488 to
South Afria
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British forces seize cape Colony from the Netherlands
During the Napoleonic wars, the British occupied the Cape from 1795-1803. The territory was returned to the dutch in 1803. -
Diamonds
In 1867 there was a discovery of diamonds near the Vaal River in South Africa. This discovery made "diamond rush" that made people all over the worls come to Kimberley in shearch of some diamonds. -
Anglo–Zulu War
By jan 11 through July 4th of 1879 there was the Anglo–Zulu War . This wasn a war between the british empire and the zulu kingdom. The war lasted a little over five months. This war was caused by the taxes Britsh was making there people pay. By July 4th the Britsh had won the Anglo–Zulu War. -
Treaty of Vereeniging
The Treaty of Vereeniging is a peace treaty saigned may 31st, that alowwed for the eventual selfgovernment of transvaal and orange free state as colonies within the british empire. The Treaty of vereeniging ended the second Anglo-Boer war. -
land act
The land act was an act of the Parliament of south Africa aimed to prevent all blacks unless ther're living in a cape Province. This act made a system of land tenure that deprived South Africa's land rights to own. -
Apartheid legislation
The Apartheid legislation was a series of laws and acts that helped see the diffrent races.. This ment that not everyone lived the same life. The white people were the better living while the black had a harsh time. The policy of apartheid adoped when National party takes power. -
south africa declared a republic
White citizens voted in a referendum to end the country's status as a dominion, leaving a commonwealth. By 1961 South Africa declared to become a republic. -
ANC wins first non-racial elections
In April of 1994 the ANC won the first non-racial elections. This made Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela become the first president of a non-racial.
