The Siege of Kimberley
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 6 JUNE
UPDATED: 06/06/2025 6 June 1900, Official welcome to the Kimberley Mounted Corps on their return from relieving Mafeking. 6 June…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 MARCH
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…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 FEBRUARY
UPDATED: 28/02/2025 28 February 1900, Kenilworth Defence Force steps down from duty after the siege. KENILWORTH VILLAGE HAD OWN DEFENCE…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 JANUARY
UPDATED: 24/01/2025 24 January 1900, Biggest bombardment of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege, Maggie Maddocks killed. 500 SHELLS…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 10 JANUARY
UPDATED: 10 January 2025 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 8 JANUARY
UPDATED: 08/01/2025 8 January 1887, William Smith shoots his wife Sarah dead in Sidney Street. 8 January 1900, Horseflesh being…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 MAY
UPDATED: 17/05/2024 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 08 MARCH
UPDATED: 08/03/2024 8 March 1886, Phoenix Hotel in Beaconsfield established. 8 March 2017, Two policemen and one former policeman killed…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 FEBRUARY
UPDATE: 15/02/2024 15 February 1853, Alfred Beit, financial genius, born in Hamburg. 15 February 1882, Street Lights tested in Kimberley,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 08 FEBRUARY
UPDATED: 08/02/2024 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club.…
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