Historical

UPDATED: 28/02/2019 28 February 1900, Kenilworth Defence Force steps down from duty after the siege. DID YOU KNOW The Kenilworth Defence Force, formed in early November 1899, was primarily responsible for defences within and around Kenilworth village (Kenilworth was created ...

UPDATED: 27/02/2019 27 February 1884, Smallpox invades the Kimberley Hospital. 27 February 1900, Lord Roberts suggests to Rhodes that a Kimberley column relieve Mafeking. 27 February 1900, General Piet Cronje surrenders at Paardeberg to Lord Roberts. 27 February 1904, William ...

UPDATED: 26/02/2019 26 February 1966, Tony Jacklin (pictured) sets the course record of 65 at the Kimberley golf course. (Pictured is Jacklin in 1969 winning The Open Championship) DID YOU KNOW The famous British golfer Tony Jacklin, winner of the ...

UPDATED: 25/02/2019 25 February 1934, The Cape Corps Gun Memorial unveiled by General Jan Smuts. DID YOU KNOW The Cape Corps Association was formed shortly after World War I, with the strongest association being in Kimberley. Their first objective was ...

UPDATE: 22/02/2019 22 February 1938, Mr Oosthuizen of Beaconsfield killed in a quarry blasting accident. DID YOU KNOW On Tuesday 22 February 1938 a Mr Oosthuizen of 30 Dyer Place, Beaconsfield, was killed in a blasting accident in a quarry ...

21 February 1851, Barney Barnato born in London. 21 February 1885, Foundation stone of the Newton NGK Church laid. 21 February 1894, 25 miners killed in a De Beers mine mudrush. 21 February 1899, England defeat GW XV by an Innings and 25 ...

UPDATE: 20/02/2019 20 FEBRUARY 1899, England cricket team arrive in Kimberley to play match. 20 FEBRUARY 1912, A serious earthquake hits Kimberley causing great damage at Kenilworth. 20 FEBRUARY 1918, Four miners die in a mud rush at Bultfontein mine. 20 FEBRUARY ...

UPDATED: 19/02/2019 19 February 1900, Lord Roberts takes command of the British army at Paardeberg. 19 February 1900, Various buildings in Kimberley taken over for use as temporary hospitals by the British army. DID YOU KNOW The distant rumble of ...

15 February 1853, Alfred Beit, financial genius, born in Hamburg. 15 February 1882, Street Lights tested in Kimberley, but they fail. 15 February 1900, Kimberley is relieved in 1900 by General French after 124 days of siege by the Boers. ...

UPDATED: 14/02/2019 14 February 1881, Henry Perkins, a murder suspect himself, murdered. 14 February 1889, De Beers Benefit Society started, South Africa’s first medical aid society. 14 February 1900, The Beaconsfield Town Guard captures Alexandersfontein from the Boers. 14 February 1922, Pioneer and ...