Nothing to show today. Undoubtedly something happened in Kimberley this very day in history, but is not yet found. Research is ongoing. DID YOU KNOW Kimberley’s importance to South Africa and the world saw the city host an International Exhibition ...
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UPDATED: 27/02/2024 27 February 1884, Smallpox invades the Kimberley Hospital. 27 February 1900, Lord Roberts suggests to Rhodes that a Kimberley column relieve Mafeking. 27 February 1900, Boer General Piet Cronje surrenders at Paardeberg to Lord Roberts VC. 27 February ...
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23 February 1900, General C de Wet makes concerted effort to recapture Oskoppies (Kitchener’s Kop) at Paardeberg. GENERAL DE WET ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE OSKOPPIES On 23 February 1900, the battle of Paardeberg was in its seventh day. General Christiaan de ...
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UPDATED: 19/02/2024 19 February 1900, Lord Roberts takes command of the British army at Paardeberg. 19 February 1900, Various buildings in Kimberley taken over for use as temporary hospitals by the British army. 19 February 1955, Death of DBCM Director ...
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UPDATED: 16/03/2023 16 March 1972, JB Robinson (pictured) opens his Diamond Merchant’s office on Main Street, New Rush. 16 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference begins in Kimberley. JB Robinson, diamond and gold mining magnate Sir ...
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UPDATED: 03/03/2023 Assuredly something important happened on this day in Kimberley’s history, but has not yet been found. Research continues… IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY The immediate aftermath of the siege of Kimberley, despite the intense suffering of ...
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UPDATE: 17/02/2023 17 February 1900, The Battle of Paardeberg begins. 17 February 1930, The Theatre Royal and John Orr department store burns to the ground. THE BIGGEST BATTLE OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BEGINS The battle of Paardeberg (17-27 February 1900) ...
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