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Name: Republic of Upingtonia

Type: Polity

Start: 1885 AD

End: 1886 AD

Nation: upingtonia

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This article is about the specific polity Republic of Upingtonia and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a short-lived Boer republic in the area of present-day Namibia. It was originally named Upingtonia, but changed its name to Lijdensrust.

Establishment


  • October 1885: In 1885, William Worthington Jordan bought a tract (fifty thousand square kilometers) of land from the Ovambo chief Kambonde for three hundred pounds. Here he established the Republic of Upingtonia on 20 October 1885.
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    Disestablishment


  • January 1887: In 1886 the Republic of Upingtonia changed its name to Lijdensrust.
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