South Africa

  • Dutch East India Company set up post at the Cape

  • Period: to

    First Boer War

  • Gold is found in Transvaal

  • Period: to

    The Second Boer War

  • Period: to

    Apartheid

  • Sharpville massacre

  • The African National Congress is founded

  • Nelson Mandela is released from prison on Robben Island

  • Nelson Mandela becomes leader of ANC