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. ...
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11 February 1898, Kgosi Galeshewe sentenced to ten years gaol for his part in the 1896 uprising. 11 February 1900, 3000 women and children lowered into the Kimberley and De Beers Mines to escape the shelling of the Boer Long ...
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UPDATED: 08/02/2019 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club. 8 February 1947, Cornelia Smith and her stepson Reginald electrocuted in their Greenside home. DID YOU KNOW Among the targets ...
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UPDATED: 07/02/2019 7 February 1900, Famous British golfer and Black Watch officer, Freddie Tait, killed fighting Boers at Koodoosberg. 7 February 1900, The Boer Long Tom fires into Kimberley for the first time at 11am. 7 February 1901, Military stores burnt out ...
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5 February 1891, Wesselton Mine (Premier Mine) rushed by diggers. DID YOU KNOW Despite common knowledge of Henry Ward having the mineral rights to the land owned by JJ Wessels, as well as negotiations being underway between Ward and De Beers, ...
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4 February 1884, West Indian Samuel Trott, murders storekeeper John Jackson in Dutoitspan village. FROM KIMBERLEY CALLS & RECALLS BY STEVE LUNDERSTEDT DID YOU KNOW It is difficult to imagine a citizen of the West Indies islands being executed for ...
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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: 30/01/2019 30 January 1884, Arthur E Caldecott awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal. 30 January 1903, Mrs Joseph Chamberlain (Mary Crowninshield Endicott, daughter of the US Secretary of War) lays the foundation stone of the Women’s Hostel in Lennox Street. ...
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26 January 1923, Two Kimberley chemists charged with selling opium over the counter. 26 January 1947, Tommy Eden beats Paddy Walker 21-17 in the GW Men’s Bowls singles final. DID YOU KNOW St Alban’s Anglican church (pictured) on Takoon Square, ...
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UPDATED: 06/11/2018 6 November 1899, First shelling of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege. Pictured is the Boer gun position at Olifantsfontein from which the Boer Armstrong 9 pounder fired at Wesselton Mine. DID YOU KNOW On Saturday 4 ...
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