Boer War Chronology

The Boer War and Other Boer Conflicts

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1381
May 30English Boer uprising begins in Essex.Ref: 5
1525
May 15German Boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war.Ref: 5
1625
May 11Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria.Ref: 5
1838
Dec 16Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa killing 3,000 at the Battle of Blood River, Natal.Ref: 5
1880
Dec 085,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa.Ref: 5
Dec 30Transvaal Boers under Kruger declare a republic.Ref: 10
1881
Jan 28Battle at Laing's Neck Natal Boers beat superior powered British.Ref: 5
Feb 07Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal Boers beat superior British forces.Ref: 5
Feb 27George Colley British governor of Natal/General, dies in battle at 46.Ref: 5
Feb 27Battle at Amajuba, South Africa Boers defeat the British army under General Colley.Ref: 5
Mar 23Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war.Ref: 5
1895
Dec 29Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg.Ref: 5
1896
Jan 02Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops).Ref: 5
1899
Oct 11South African Boers, settlers from the Netherlands, declare war on Great Britain. South African Boers, settler from the Netherlands, declare war on Great Britain.Ref: 2
Oct 12The Anglo-Boer War begins at Cape Province, Mafeking. Zulu mountain trap sprung in the Anglo-Zulu War.Ref: 2
Oct 30Two battalions of British troops are cut off, surrounded and forced to surrender to General Petrus Joubert's Boers at Nicholson's Nek.Ref: 2
Nov 28The British are victorious over the Boers at Modder River.Ref: 2
Dec 06Harry Buller Siege Willis son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith, is born.Ref: 5
Dec 10First defeat of "Black Week" Battle at Stormberg South Africa - Boers vs British army; nearly 3000 British troops killed.Ref: 5
Dec 112nd defeat of "Black Week" Battle of Magersfontein - Boer leader Cronjé vs General Methuen.Ref: 5
Dec 153rd defeat of "Black Week" Battle at Colenso South Africa (Boers-British army).Ref: 5
Dec 17Frederick "Freddy" Roberts son of British field marshal, dies in battle.Ref: 5
Dec 23Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa.Ref: 5
Dec 29English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up.Ref: 5
1900
Jan 06Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured.Ref: 5
Jan 08The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but are turned back.Ref: 2
Jan 10Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown.Ref: 5
Jan 24Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army).Ref: 5
Jan 29Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed.Ref: 5
Feb 05British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal.Ref: 5
Feb 06Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army).Ref: 5
Feb 07British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal.Ref: 5
Feb 08British General Buller is beaten at Ladysmith, South Africa as the British flee over the Tugela River.Ref: 2
Feb 14General Roberts invades South Africa's Orange Free State with 20,000 British troops.Ref: 2
Feb 15The British threaten to use natives in the Boer War fight.Ref: 2
Feb 16George Labram US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle.Ref: 5
Feb 18Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured.Ref: 5
Feb 22Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army).Ref: 5
Feb 23Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army).Ref: 5
Feb 27Battle at Pietershoogte; Boer General Cronjé surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South-Africa.Ref: 5
Feb 28After a 119-day siege by the Boers, the surrounded British troops in Ladysmith, South Africa, are relieved.Ref: 2
Mar 07Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees.Ref: 5
Mar 10Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army).Ref: 5
Mar 11British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury rejects the peace overtures offered from Boer leader Paul Kruger.Ref: 2
Mar 27The London Parliament passes the War Loan Act, which gives 35 million pounds to the Boer War cause.Ref: 2
Mar 31Brigadier-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands.Ref: 5
Apr 04British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet.Ref: 5
Apr 09British forces route Boers at Kroonstadt, South Africa.Ref: 2
May 12Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed.Ref: 5
May 17British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony).Ref: 5
May 26British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa.Ref: 5
May 27Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa.Ref: 5
May 31British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg.Ref: 5
Jun 05British troops under Lord Roberts seize Pretoria from the Boers.Ref: 2
Nov 30The French government denounces British actions in South Africa, declaring sympathy for the Boers.Ref: 2
Dec 01South African (Boer) President Paul Kruger visits Flanders.Ref: 5
Dec 01Kaiser Wilhelm II refuses to meet with Boer leader Paul Kruger in Berlin.Ref: 2
Dec 02South African (Boer) President Paul Kruger arrives in Germany.Ref: 5
Dec 09The Russian czar rejects Boer Paul Kruger's pleas for aid in South Africa against the British.Ref: 2
Dec 16Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony.Ref: 5
Dec 29General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia.Ref: 5
1901
Jan 31Boer General John Smuts & De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal.Ref: 5
Dec 25Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack British.Ref: 5
1902
Feb 24Battle at Yzer Spruit Boer General De la Rey beats British.Ref: 5
Mar 07Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal.Ref: 5
Mar 10The Boers of South Africa score their last victory over the British, capturing British General Methuen and 200 men.Ref: 2
Apr 10South African Boers accept British terms of surrender.Ref: 2
Apr 11Hendrik Potgieter South African Boer General, dies in battle.Ref: 5
Apr 11Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa.Ref: 5
May 19Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria.Ref: 5
May 31Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal.Ref: 5
Dec 31Boers & British army sign peace treaty.Ref: 5
1906
Feb 10State of siege proclaimed in Zululand.Ref: 5
Last Update: October 27th, 2005
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