UPDATED: 06/06/2025 6 June 1900, Official welcome to the Kimberley Mounted Corps on their return from relieving Mafeking. 6 June 1911, John Weston gives first public performance in an aeroplane. 6 June 1943, Well-known artist and architect William Timlin (pictured) ...
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UPDATED: 15/04/2025 15 April 1891, The Kimberley African choir (pictured) leaves for their England tour. 15 April 1901, Mayor’s Siege Medal (Kimberley Star) handed out in the Public Gardens. 15 April 1902, Foundation stone laid for Beaconsfield Public School. 15 ...
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UPDATED: 02/04/2025 Nothing to show today. Undoubtedly something happened in Kimberley this very day in history, but is not yet found. Research is ongoing. KIMBERLEY TO REMAIN CENTRE OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY “Kimberley will always remain the centre of the diamond ...
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UPDATED: 01/04/2025 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...
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UPDATED: 28/03/2025 28 March 1880, Bishop Webb dedicates St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street. 28 March 1923, The Beaconsfield Club re-opens after being destroyed by fire. 28 March 1939, Eustace Fredrick Raynham DSO, dies. 28 March 1964, Opening of the Dutoitspan Mine ...
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UPDATED: 24/03/2025 24 March 1881, Orange River in flood, pont not working. 24 March 1883, Gladstone cemetery opens. 24 March 1894, CW Jones of Kimberley wins the 100 yds in 10.1 secs to be Champion of South Africa. HISTORICAL GLADSTONE ...
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13 March 1882, A miner killed in a fall of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 13 March 1900, Bloemfontein surrenders to Lord Roberts’ army. 13 March 1902, Presentation to Archdeacon Holbech (pictured) on his departure for Bloemfontein. (Pictured is the Reverend ...
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UPDATED: 10/03/2025 10 March 1884, George Stanley murders his wife Christina in Beaconsfield. 10 March 1900, 4th Division Town Guard under Capt Irvine Grimmer formally disbanded. 10 March 1926, Richard Jackson, discoverer of the De Beers Mine, dies. 10 March ...
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UPDATED: 06/03/2025 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. DID YOU KNOW The official opening of the Rooipoort Shooting Box (pictured) was on Thursday 10 August 1899 when a group of De ...
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UPDATED: 03/03/2025 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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