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| 1847 | Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus |  |
| River Vaal Africa Cross es the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule |
| 1852 | Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| Transvaal Africa Wins the Independence of Trans vaal from the British |
| 1880 | Cronje, Piet Arnoldus | |
| 16th Dec Potchefstroom Africa Cronje is sent by the government to print the declaration of Trans vaal independence |
| 1880 | Joubert, Piet | |
| 13th Dec Transvaal Africa Kruger, Joubert & Pretorious announce the restoration of republican government |
| 1880 | Kruger, Paulus | |
| 13th Dec Transvaal Africa Kruger, Joubert & Pretorious announce the restoration of republican government |
| 1880 | Pretorious, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| 13th Dec Transvaal Africa Kruger, Joubert & Pretorious announce the restoration of republican government |
| 1881 | Joubert, Piet | |
| 8th Aug Transvaal Africa The Triumvirate take over the government of the Trans vaal |
| 1881 | Kruger, Paulus | |
| 8th Aug Transvaal Africa The Triumvirate take over the government of the Trans vaal |
| 1881 | Pretorious, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| 8th Aug Transvaal Africa The Triumvirate take over the government of the Trans vaal |
| 1881 | Pretorius, Marthinus | |
| Orange Free Africa Helps win independence for the Orange Free State from Britain |
| 1881 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Pretoria Africa The Trans vaal becomes an independent Afrikaner republic at the Convention of Pretoria |
| 1899 | Kruger, Paulus | |
| 10th Oct Transvaal Africa The Boers resent the policy of Chamberlain which deprives Trans vaal of independence |
| 1905 | Botha, Louis | |
| Botha sends Smuts to London to plead with the newly elected Liberal government |
| 1905 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Botha sends Smuts to London to plead with the newly elected Liberal government |
| Negotiates a constitution with Campbell-Bannerman |
| Transvaal Africa Smuts joins Botha in London, & seeks to negotiate full self-government for the Trans vaal within British SouthAfrica. |
| 1907 | Botha, Louis | |
| Dec Traansval Africa The British agree self-government for the Traansval |
| Dec Orange Riv Col Africa The British agree to self-government for the Orange River Colony |
| 1910 | Botha, Louis | |
| 31st May Pretoria Africa Sth Africa becomes a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire |
| 1914 | Hertzog, James | |
| Pretoria Africa Founds the National Party for 2 stream English & Dutch cultural & national development |
| 1919 | Hertzog, James | |
| Versailles Africa Leads a Boer delegation for the independence of the Trans vaal & Orange Free State |
| 1926 | Hertzog, James | |
| London Africa Attends the Imperial Conference where the Balfour Declaration recognizes Sth Africa |
| 1927 | Malan, Daniel Francois | |
| Plays a major role in acquiring a national flag |
| 1933 | Hertzog, James | |
| Britain renounces legislation over the Dominions |
| 1950 | Malan, Daniel Francois | |
| The right of Appeal to the British Privy Council is abolished |
| 1955 | Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus | |
| The supremacy of Parliament is confirmed |
| 1957 | Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus | |
| Simons Town Africa The Union takes over the British naval base at Simon's Town |
| 1966 | Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| Oct Botswana is granted independence |
| Oct Lesotho is granted independence |
| 1968 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| Swaziland is granted independence |
| 1975 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| A Marxist black state takes over after independence from Portugal, a friendly power |
| 26th June A Marxist black state takes over after independence from Portugal, a friendly power |
| 1976 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| Transkei Africa The Trans kei is granted independence |
| 1977 | Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | |
| 3rd Jan Ivor Richard, chairman of the the Geneva conference, visits Sth African PM Vorster |
| 1979 | Viljoen, Marais | |
| Venda Africa The Venda homeland is granted independence |
| 1980 | Botha, Pieter | |
| Sth Africa is surrounded by Marxist states |
| The independent regime under Mugabe is hostile to Sth Africa |
| 1981 | Viljoen, Marais | |
| Ciskei Africa The Ciskei homeland is granted independence |
| 1983 | Botha, Pieter | |
| Botha agrees with Lesotho to ban terrorist refugees from each others' countries |
| 1989 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| Sth Africa gives up control of Namibia |
| 1990 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| 21st Feb Sth Africa withdraws from Namibia |
| 21st Feb The Republic of Namibia becomes an independent state |