17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield dies in epidemic. Robert Sivewright Chatfield (pictured) Lt Robert Sivewright Chatfield served during the siege of Kimberley with the Kimberley ...

UPDATE: 16/10/2025 16 October 1886, Neville Pickering, Rhodes’ friend and secretary of De Beers Mining Company, dies. 16 October 1886, London office of De Beers opens. 16 October 1897, Richard Bawden accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. 16 October 1939, Charlotte Maxeke, ...

15 October 1880, Griqualand West incorporated into the Cape Colony. 15 October 1885, Richard Stable accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine. 15 October 1899, Martial law proclaimed in Kimberley besieged by Boers. 15 October 1910, SA cricketer Xenophon Balaskas born. 15 October 1913, Edward ...

UPDATED: 14/10/2025 14 October 1899, The siege of Kimberley begins. It will last 124 days Telegraphic communications cut with outside world In the Kimberley region before the war began on 11 October 1899, Boer commandoes had been gathering at Boshof ...

13 October 1870, The first newspaper, The Diamond Field, published at Barkly West. 13 October 1866, Thirteen miners die at De Beers Mine. 13 October 1897, Diamond Jubilee Wing of Beaconsfield Town Hall added. 13 October 1902, The Pirate King, George ...

10 October 1873, Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple on Dutoitspan Road laid. 10 October 1904, Kimberley Regiment awarded the King’s Colours. 10 October 1961, Mrs R Goble shoots the first ...

9 October 1876, Solomon T Plaatje (pictured) born near Boshof. 9 October 1901, Presentation of a Silver Cradle to the Mayor and Mayoress. 9 October 1902, Memorial to the Jewish soldiers who died during the Boer War unveiled. 9 October ...

UPDATED: 08/10/2025 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. Kimberley in the death grip of Spanish Flu On this ...

UPDATED: 07/10/2025 7 October 1889, Wiener’s Day first celebrated in Kimberley, after MP Ludwig Wiener. 7 October 1893, William Wilson accidentally killed on the De Beers Floors steam tram. 7 October 1901, Two miners die in a mud rush in ...

UPDATED: 06/10/2025 6 October 1879, Kgosi Galeshewe  sentenced to 12 years gaol for his part in the Uprising. 6 October 1911, Sister Henrietta Stockdale dies in Kimberley Sister Henrietta Stockdale Sister Henrietta Stockdale stands out for her achievements and her ...