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16 matches to Boers
Boer War. 1880-1. Boers defeat British, who had annexed Transvaal, 1877.
Boer War. 1899-1902. British defeat Boer Republic in South Africa. Vereeniging.
Boers. 17-19C Dutch settlers in South Africa. Great Trek.
Colonial Wars. 1834-1902. British wars against Sikhs, Burmese, Crimeans, Boers.
Concentration Camps. 1862-65 USA. 1899-1902. British internment of Boers in South Africa. 1922-91. USSR. 1933-45 Nazi prisons for extermination and slave labour. Buchenwald. Auschwitz. Dachau. 1942-6 US Relocation Centers. 1942-46 Canada. 1950’s Kenya. 1973 Chile.
De Wet, Christiaan. 1854-1922. Boer general. Led 1914 Rebellion.
Goshen. Biblical region of lower Egypt. 1882-4 Boer Republic.
Great Trek. 1835-7. Boers leave British Cape Colony, found Natal.
Griquas. Bastards. 19C Tribe of Hottentot-Boer half-castes.
Jameson Raid. 1895. Abortive British-led revolt vs Boer government of Transvaal.
Kruger, Paul. 1825-1904. Boer Transvaal president 1883-1900.
Natal. Bantu. 1497 DaGama discovers. 19C Zulu. 1838 Boer. 1843 British. 1910 South Africa.
Orange Free State. 1820 Boer colony. 1848 British. 1854 Independent. 1900 British. 1910 Union of South Africa. Boer War.
Pretorius, Andries. 1798-1853. Boer leader of Great Trek. Aided in Transvaal independence.
Smuts, Jan. 1870-1950. Boer general, Prime Minister of South Africa 1919~48.
Transvaal. Bantu. 1836 Boers settle. Great Trek. 1855 South African Republic. 1877 British. 1881 Self-government. 1900 British. 1907 Self-governed. 1910 Union of South Africa.