- 1900 in South Africa
"See also:"
1899 in South Africa ,
other events of 1900,1901 in South Africa and theTimeline of South African history .----
Events
January
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10 January - Frederick Roberts arrives atCape Town to replaceRedvers Henry Buller as commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa. He is accompanied by Horatio Kitchener as his chief-of-staff
**Wessel Montshiwa , theBarolong chief advises his people not to assist the British during thesiege ofMafeking
* 19-24 January - Battle of SpionkopBoer forces under the command ofLouis Botha defeat the British forces under the command of Redvers BullerFebruary
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5 February - Battle of Val Krantz - British forces under the command ofRedvers Henry Buller attackBoer forces under the command ofLouis Botha and loses
*14 February - British reinforcements arrived
*15 February -Siege of Kimberley ,South Africa is lifted by acavalry division under General John French
* 18-27 February -Battle of Paardeberg British forces under command of Frederick Roberts defeat the Boers
*27 February - General Piet Cronje is capturedMarch
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13 March - British forces under command of Frederick Roberts takeBloemfontein
** A Joint Diplomatic Delegation consisting ofAbraham Fischer and C.H. Wessels for theOrange Free State , andA.D.W. Wolmarans for theSouth African Republic , with J.M. de Bruin as secretary, embarks atLourenço Marques (Maputo ) forEurope and theUnited States , seeking international intervention in theSouth African War and aid for the beleagueredBoer republics .May
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3 May - Battle ofBrandfort between the British forces under command of Frederick Roberts and theBoers under command of General De la Rey
*18 May - TheSiege of Mafeking is lifted
*28 May - TheOrange Free State is annexed to theCape Colony June
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5 June - British forces under command of Frederick Roberts takePretoria
*11 June - British forces under command ofB.T. Mahon occupyPotchefstroom July
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2 July - British forces occupy Utrecht after defeating the defending citizens the previous day. The next day, the British abandons Utrecht on receiving reports of General Grobler's approach
*3 July - British forces under Col. Baden-Powell evacuateRustenburg August
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21 August -27] -Battle of Bergendal takes place on the farm Bergendal near Belfast between theBoers and British forces
*28 August - British troops marched intoMachadodorp Births
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26 March -Jackie Tindall , a Springbokrugby union player, is born inStellenbosch
*14 May -Johannes du Plessis Scholtz , linguist,author andhistorian , is born in the Hottentots-Holland district of theCape Colony Deaths
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28 March -Petrus Jacobus Joubert , aSouth African Republic Troika member, dies atPretoria fromperitonitis at the age of 76
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