UPDATED: 04/11/2025 4 November 1899, General C.J. Wessels (pictured) demands immediate surrender of Kimberley. 4 November 1927, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers MBE, dies. Cornelis (Kerneels) Janse Wessels (11 June 1842 – 10 October 1914) He was a farmer in ...
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UPDATED; 03/11/2025 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 ...
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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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28 October 1908, Harry Oppenheimer born at 7 Lodge Road, Belgravia. The Birth of Harry Oppenheimer Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in the family home “Friedberg” at 7 Lodge Road, Belgravia Kimberley on 28 October 1908. His father, later Sir ...
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27 OCTOBER 1896, Death of Reverend Gway Tyamzashe, the last black man to hold a claim in the Big Hole. The Reverend Gway Tyamzashe Reverend Prince Gway (Gwayi) Tyamzashe 22 January 1844 – 27 October 1896 No 1 Location in ...
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23 October 1907, De Beers swimming pool on Warren Street opened to the public. Warren Street Swimming Pool The De Beers’ swimming bath opened to the public on 23 October 1907. From its inception the Kimberley Boys’ High School pupils ...
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21 October 1871, Gladstone suburb in use. 21 October 1968, Statue of Danie Theron unveiled at Alexandersfontein. Gladstone Suburb This suburb was first named Gladstone after the English Prime Minister of the time, the name being in use as early ...
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20 October 1901, The birth of ZK Matthews, Freedom Charter architect, at Winter’s Rush. ZK Matthews born at Winter’s Rush Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews (pictured) was born on 20 October 1901 at Winter’s Rush – in one of 50 reserves specially ...
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17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield dies in epidemic. Robert Sivewright Chatfield (pictured) Lt Robert Sivewright Chatfield served during the siege of Kimberley with the Kimberley ...
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UPDATE: 16/10/2025 16 October 1886, Neville Pickering, Rhodes’ friend and secretary of De Beers Mining Company, dies. 16 October 1886, London office of De Beers opens. 16 October 1897, Richard Bawden accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. 16 October 1939, Charlotte Maxeke, ...
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