Tag Archives: Kimberley Market Square

31 October 1883, Samuel Austen elected the first Mayor of Beaconsfield. 31 October 1899, Food rationing introduced during the siege. 31 October 1899, Boers fire first shell at Wesselton from Olifantsfontein position. 31 October 1936, Dick Beewers survives a fall ...

UPDATED: 24/10/2019 24 October 1899, The first action of the siege of Kimberley at Dronfield farm Pictured is the Centenary Memorial Service at Dronfield on 24 October 1999, the Boshof Commando honouring their Fallen. DID YOU KNOW By the time ...

30 September 1872, Ernest Moses horse-whipped by JB Robinson. 30 September 1904, Lord Roberts visits Kimberley for the last time. 30 September 1920, City Engineer Thomas Cullen retires after 40 years in the position. 30 September 1934, Kimberley Air Rally ...

UPDATED: 04/09/2019 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate election as Premier. 4 September 1905, Viennese band conductor Herr Carl Rybnikar marries Edith Kearns. 4 September 1973, Harry Oppenheimer becomes a Freeman of Kimberley. DID ...

UPDATED: 02/09/2019 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW Electric streetlights made their appearance in 1882, with 16 electric streetlights, four of them outside the City Hall. Kimberley was the first ...

UPDATED: 28/08/2019 28 August 1879, Cornerstone of the new St Cyprians Church on Jones Street laid by Charles Warren. 28 August 2015, Northern Cape MEC of Education, Grizelda Cjiekella-Lecholo, dies suddenly. DID YOU KNOW St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street ...

UPDATED: 17/05/2019 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included the Kimberley Mounted Corps. 17 May 1938, Duggan-Cronin Gallery opened by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer. 17 May 1972, Sonny Leon resigns ...

UPDATED: 14/05/2019 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 miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers Mine. ...

UPDATED: 13/05/2019 13 May 1888, Telegraphist Alfred Cogill dies. 13 May 1915, Anti-German riots after sinking of RMS Lusitania. 13 May 1980, The Kimberley Drive-In theatre opens to all races. DID YOU KNOW The Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania was ...

UPDATED: 18/04/2019 18 April 1860, Title deeds to the farm Vooruitzicht granted to the De Beers brothers. 18 April 1900, Fire in Roper Street kills one person. 18 April 1947, British Royal family visit Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW It was ...