UPDATE: 03/02/2025 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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UPDATED: 31/01/2025 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone in what was Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s office/study at 7 Lodge Road in Belgravia. Now a private residence, the house was ...
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4 DECEMBER 1899, Work ceases in the De Beers Mine because of the siege. 4 DECEMBER 1901, The first annual sports meeting of Christian Brothers’ College. 4 DECEMBER 1907, The equestrian statue of Cecil Rhodes unveiled by Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. ...
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UPDATED: 02/12/2024 2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. 2 DECEMBER 1971, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and rugby, dies. 2 DECEMBER 1978, Rapid Bird Guide for Southern Africa launched by author Dr Richard Liversidge. Beaconsfield ...
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UPDATED: 05/04/2024 5 April 1886, Phoenix Hotel opens for business in Beaconsfield. 5 April 1886, William Hartley, an 1820 settler, dies. 5 April 1900, The battle of Boshof. 5 April 1902, Rhodes’ funeral train arrives in Kimberley. 5 April 1951, ...
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UPDATED: 15/03/2024 15 March 1902, Kimberley Town Bowling Clubhouse opened. 15 March 1928, Wilfrid Gore-Brown, first Anglican Bishop of Kimberley, dies. 15 March 1930, Bishop Herman Meysing OMI consecrated in St Mary’s Cathedral. 15 March 1934, Kimberley’s first Coloured Mayor, ...
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UPDATED: 08/03/2024 8 March 1886, Phoenix Hotel in Beaconsfield established. 8 March 2017, Two policemen and one former policeman killed in a city shootout. PHOENIX HOTEL 138 YEARS OLD TODAY In the early 1880s, and as the Dutoitspan and Bultfontein ...
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UPDATE: 15/02/2024 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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2 February 1881, Kimberley Stock Exchange opens. 2 February 1901, All businesses in Beaconsfield closed as a mark of respect for the death of Queen Victoria. 2 February 1948, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC dies. NATURAL SPORTSMAN WHO WON OLYMPIC ...
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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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