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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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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UPDATE: 27/01/2017 27 January 1910, A liberal supporter of all sports, James A Hill (pictured) of Hill and Paddon, dies at his home “Violet Bank” on Park Road. DID YOU KNOW James (Jimmy) Alfred Hill was born in Bristol, England ...
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Three men killed and four wounded in a shoot-out that starts at Market square and ends at the railway station. The perpetrator is mortally wounded.
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UPDATED: 22/11/2018 22 November 1874, Police Constable Sam kills two prisoners. 22 November 1888, Foundation stone of the Masonic Temple in Dutoitspan Road laid. 22 November 1899, Shells land in the Black refugee camp in the racecourse. 22 November 1976, Harry Oppenheimer ...
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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 ...
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24 October 1899, The first battle of the siege of Kimberley at Dronfield farm DID YOU KNOW The first action of the siege of Kimberley in 1899, at Dronfield farm. The battle of Dronfield was the first time in military ...
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UPDATED: 04/09/2018 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 ...
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UPDATED: 28/08/2018 28 August 1879, Cornerstone of the new St Cyprians Church (pictured) 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 ...
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UPDATED: 17/05/2018 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included the Kimberley Mounted Corps. 17 May 1972, Sonny Leon resigns from the Kimberley City Council. (Pictured is the Kimberley City ...
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