South Africa

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  • Nov 27, 1480

    Portuguese navigator, first European

    Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias first European to travel round the southern tip of Africa

  • Settlement of South Africa starts

    Jan van Riebeeck, working for the Dutch East India Company, founds the Cape Colony at Table Bay and Dutch settlement of South Africa starts

  • First sign of threat

    When nine men, released from their contracts, were given land to farm

  • British forces

    British forces seize Cape Colony from the Netherlands.

  • Boers leave Cape Colony

    Boers leave Cape Colony in the 'Great Trek' and found the Orange Free State and the Transvaal.

  • Diamonds

    Diamonds are discovered at Kimberley

  • The British and the Boers

    The British and the Boers defeat the Zulus in the Zulu War

  • The Boer War

    The Boers rebel against the British

  • Union of South Africa

    Formation of Union of South Africa by former British colonies

  • National Party founded.

  • Secret Broederbond

    Secret Broederbond(brotherhood) established to advance the Afrikaner cause.

  • Policy of apartheid

    Policy of apartheid adopted by the National Party (NP)

  • A republic

    South Africa declared a republic

  • life imprisonment

    Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment

  • ANC wins

    ANC wins first non-racial elections. Mandela become president