UPDATED: 17/03/2022 17 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference second day. 17 March 1934, Prince George visits Kimberley. PRINCE GEORGE ARRIVES IN KIMBERLEY Prince George, the Duke of Kent, was the fifth child of King George ...
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01 March 1883, Water from the Vaal River supplied to town houses. 01 March 1893, 144 businesses apply for either new or to renew liquor licenses. 01 March 1894, Solomon T Plaatje begins working at Kimberley Post office. 01 March ...
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UPDATED: 17/01/2022 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020, First game of the ICC Under 19 World Cup cricket played in Kimberley. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in ...
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UPDATED: 10 January 2022 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887, Irvine Grimmer (pictured) takes 16 wickets for 83 runs for Strayklips vs WP CC. Irvine Grimmer – a great sportsman ...
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UPDATED; 03/11/2021 3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black miners die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow drinker ...
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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 ...
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UPDATED: 01/10/2021 1 October 1881, Circus Proprietor Richard Bell dies. 1 October 1899, Six Black miners killed in a mud rush in De Beers Mine. 1 October 1909, Frances Baard born in Beaconsfield, Kimberley. 1 October 1920, De Beers announce that 101 employees ...
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UPDATED: 13/08/2021 13 August 1924, Marthinus Kruger dies after a rugby injury during practice. 13 August 2016, Professor Elaine Rosa Salo (pictured) dies in the USA. In Memoriam: Elaine Salo From: University of Delaware Arts and Sciences Department of Women ...
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UPDATE: 16/07/2021 16 July 1871, Esau Demoense discovers the world’s richest diamond mine, later named the Kimberley Mine. 16 July 1884, Vooruitzucht Estate, except the mining areas, handed over to the Council. 16 July 1894, Andrew Hudson Bain of Bains ...
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UPDATED: 14/05/2021 14 May 1878, Griquatown besieged by the Griqua people. 14 May 1902, Royal Munster Fusiliers Promenade concert in aid of Nazareth House. 14 May 1903, Three black African miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers ...
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