1806
1811-12
1816-28
1820
1828
1834- 38
1834- 35
1835- 40
1843
1846- 47
1850 - 53
1852, 1854
1856- 57
1858
1865-6 7
1867
1868
1877
1879
1880-81
1886
1895- 96
CHRONOLOGY
Britain reconquers the Cape Colony
British and colonial forces expel Africans from the territo-
ry west of the Fish River
Rising of frontier Boers (later known as the Slagtersnek
rebellion)
Shaka creates the Zulu kingdom; warfare among Africans
throughout much of southeastern Africa (the Mfecane)
British settlers arrive in the Cape Colony
The Cape colonial government repeals the pass laws
Cape colonial slaves emancipated
Xhosa defeated by British and colonial forces
Five thousand Afrikaners (later known as voortrekkers)
leave the Cape Colony with their "Coloured" clients; a
movement later known as the Great Trek
An Afrikaner commando defeats the Zulu army at the
battle of Blood River
Britain annexes Natal
Xhosa defeated by British and colonial forces
Britain recognizes the Transvaal and Orange Free State as
independent Afrikaner republics
The Xhosa cattle-killing
Lesotho wins war versus the Orange Free State
The Orange Free State defeats Lesotho
Diamond mining begins in Griqualand West
Britain annexes Lesotho {"Basutoland"}
Britain annexes the Transvaal
British and colonial forces conquer the Zulu after losing a