Years in South Africa

This article is about the History of South Africa. For sport, see Timeline of South African sport.

History of South Africa

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Pre European Colonisation

European Colonisation

British at the Cape

Union of South Africa

Republic of South Africa

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First VOC settlement

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First Boer War

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Second Boer War

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Great Trek

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Bartholomew Diaz anchors at Mosselbay

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Vasco da Gama anchors at Durban

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Sir Francis Drake rounds the Cape

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First wine pressed from Cape grapes

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Battle of Blood River

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Battle of Isandlwana

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Anglo-Zulu wars start

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Anglo-Zulu wars end

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Start of Apartheid

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End of Apartheid

 Pre European Colonisation
 European Colonisation
 British at the Cape
 Union of South Africa
 Republic of South Africa
 Apartheid

Before European colonization

• BCE in Southern Africa
• Early CE in Southern Africa
• 13th century
• 14th century

Colonization

• 15th century
• 16th century
• 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s - 1660s - 1670s - 1680s - 1690s
• 1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s
• 1800s: 1800 - 1801 - 1802 - 1803 - 1804 - 1805 - 1806 - 1807 - 1808 - 1809
• 1810s: 1810 - 1811 - 1812 - 1813 - 1814 - 1815 - 1816 - 1817 - 1818 - 1819
• 1820s: 1820 - 1821 - 1822 - 1823 - 1824 - 1825 - 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829
• 1830s: 1830 - 1831 - 1832 - 1833 - 1834 - 1835 - 1836 - 1837 - 1838 - 1839
• 1840s: 1840 - 1841 - 1842 - 1843 - 1844 - 1845 - 1846 - 1847 - 1848 - 1849
• 1850s: 1850 - 1851 - 1852 - 1853 - 1854 - 1855 - 1856 - 1857 - 1858 - 1859
• 1860s: 1860 - 1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865 - 1866 - 1867 - 1868 - 1869
• 1870s: 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1878 - 1879
• 1880s: 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889
• 1890s: 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899
• 1900s: 1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909

Union of South Africa

• 1910s: 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919
• 1920s: 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929
• 1930s: 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939
• 1940s: 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949
• 1950s: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959
• 1960s: 1960

Republic of South Africa

• 1960s:           1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
• 1970s: 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
• 1980s: 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
• 1990s: 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993

Post Apartheid

• 1990s:                                         1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
• 2000s: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
• 2010s: 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019

References

• A-Z of South African Politics: the Essential Handbook, 1999, edited by Phillip Van Niekerk and Barbara Ludman, London, NY: Penguin Books
• Africa Confidential who's who of Southern Africa, edited by Patrick Smith, Oxford, Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998
• ANC's Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 1996
• Atlas of Mutual Heritage
• BBC News Africa
• Encyclopædia Britannica Online
• Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa, CFJ Muller, 3rd rev., Pretoria Academica, 1981
• Historical dictionary of South Africa, Christopher Saunders, Nicholas Southey' 2nd Edition, Lanham, Md., London: Scarecrow Press
• Independent Online
• Liberation Archive
• Manual of South African Geography: Forming a Companion to the Map of South Africa to 16° South Latitude.
• New dictionary of South African biography, edited by E.J. Verwey, Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1995
• News24
• Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, F Wallis, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau, 2000
• Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa 5th Edition ISBN 0-947008-17-9, 1985
• South Africa History Archive
• Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, Westport: Greenwood, 1999
• Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, DJ Potgieter, Cape Town: NASOU, 1970
• Who's who in South African politics, Shelagh Gastrow, 3rd Edition, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1990
• Who's who in South African politics, Shelagh Gastrow, 4th Edition, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1992
• Who did what in South Africa, Mona De Beer, Craighall, South Africa, AD Donker, 1988