UPDATED: 17/03/2021 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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UPDATED: 22/01/2021 22 January 1844, Reverend Prince Gway Tyamzashe (pictured) born. 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria dies in England. The Reverend Prince Gway (Gwayi) Tyamzashe 22 January 1844 – 26 October 1896 No 1 Location in Kimberley, (roughly) bordering on ...
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UPDATED: 10/12/2020 10 DECEMBER 1880, James Carson murdered by a gang on Parsons Lane. 10 DECEMBER 1899, Besieged Kimberley hears massive bombardment from direction of Magersfontein in afternoon. Another Kimberley murder most foul What a to-do in Kimberley from December ...
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20 November 1874, The first massive landslip in the Kimberley Mine results in great loss of jobs. 20 November 1962, Bust of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer unveiled in the Oppenheimer Gardens. THE SIR ERNEST OPPENHEIMER BUST Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of ...
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UPDATED: 11/11/2020 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice Day. 11 NOVEMBER ...
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3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow drinker Jack ...
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29 October 1872, Harry Barnato, the elder brother of Barney, stages his first show on the Diamond Fields. 29 October 1888, William Hart accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine. DID YOU KNOW The less well-known brother of Barney Barnato, Henry ...
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22 October 1870, Stafford Parker’s Music Hall opens on the banks of the Vaal River. DID YOU KNOW Stafford Parker (pictured) was born in Maldon, Essex, England on 30 March 1833, the son of Stafford and Maria Parker. Before his ...
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15 October 1880, Griqualand West incorporated into the Cape Colony. 15 October 1885, Richard Stable accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine. 15 October 1899, Martial law proclaimed in Kimberley besieged by Boers. 15 October 1910, SA cricketer Xenophon Balaskas born. 15 October 1913, Edward ...
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UPDATED: 02/09/2020 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 ...
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