UPDATED: 06/04/2021 6 April 1900, Distribution of the Queen’s chocolate to the Town Guard. 6 April 1901, Brigadier General Brabant arrives in Kimberley. 6 April 1984, Ben Fouche sets the amateur course record of 66 at the Kimberley course. THE ...
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UPDATED: 01/04/2021 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi (pictured) sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...
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25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Cecil Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the ...
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UPDATED: 16/03/2021 16 March 1871, JB Robinson opens his Diamond Merchant’s office on Main Street, New Rush. 16 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference begins in Kimberley. Cecil Rhodes and his thoughts on death Cecil Rhodes’ ...
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UPDATE: 17/02/2021 17 February 1900, The Battle of Paardeberg begins. 17 February 1930, The Theatre Royal and John Orr department store burns to the ground. THE BIGGEST BATTLE OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BEGINS The battle of Paardeberg (17-27 February 1900) ...
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UPDATE: 15/02/2021 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 ...
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UPDATE: 03/02/2021 3 February 1906, Thrice Mayor of Kimberley, Moses Cornwall dies. 3 February 1910, Town Clerk of Beaconsfield, James Stanley, dies. 3 February 1963, Last service in the St Martini Lutheran Church. MOSES CORNWALL – A KIMBERLEY SUCCESS STORY ...
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01 February 1876, The High Court of Griqualand West moves from Barkly West to Kimberley. 01 February 1899, Tramline between Kimberley and Kenilworth opens. 01 February 1909, Alfred Beit House, the hostel for girls at Kimberley GHS, opens. 01 February ...
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UPDATED: 15/12/2020 15 December 1887, GRK Bradshaw, the Magistrate of Beaconsfield, killed when he fell off his panicked horse that had collided with a Cape cart between Beaconsfield and Kimberley. 15 December 1937, Miss Caroline Maritz gives a display of acrobatic ...
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UPDATE: 08/12/2020 8 DECEMBER 1871, Dutoitspan appointed as the seat of magistracy for Pniel District, 1871. 8 DECEMBER 1877, GW Legislative Council disbanded. 8 DECEMBER 1946, Two men killed when their aeroplane crashes at Kimberley Airport. DID YOU KNOW Two ...
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