South African Republic
This article is about the specific polity South African Republic 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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The South African Republic came into existence on 17 January 1852, when the British signed the Sand River Convention treaty with about 40,000 Boer people, recognising their independence in the region to the north of the Vaal River. After the Boer Wars it became a British Protectorate and was one of the states that merged to form the Union of South Africa in 1910.
Establishment
January 1852: The South African Republic came into existence on 17 January 1852, when the British signed the Sand River Convention treaty with about 40,000 Boer people, recognising their independence in the region to the north of the Vaal River.
Chronology
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Were two wars between the British Empire and the independent Boer republics of South Africa. The British wanted to extend their control over the interior of South Africa and its resources. At the end of the two wars the Boer Republics became British colonies.
1.1.First Boer War
Was a war between the British Empire and the South African Republic, a Boer Republic in modern-day Transvaal.
December 1880: The Boers self-proclaimed Transvaal as an independent republic.
1.2.Second Boer War
Was a war that saw the British Empire fight against two Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. At the end of the war the Boer republics became part of the British Empire.
1.2.1.British offensive (Second Boer War)
Was a British military campaign in the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Both were occupied by the British.
May 1900: British troops captured Johannesburg on 31 May.
June 1900: The capital of the Transvaal, Pretoria, was taken by British forces.
September 1900: The British declared the Second Boer War over on 3 September 1900. The occupied territories ceased to be under military occupation, and the South African Republic was annexed, becoming the Transvaal Colony. Minor parts of the territories of the Republic were integrated into the Cape and Natal Colonies.
January 1857: The town of Lydenburg became the capital of the Lydenburg Republic ('De Republiek Lydenburg in Zuid Afrika') in 1856.
December 1859: Lydenburg merged with the ZAR. .
January 1865: It was not until 1864 that Zoutpansberg was definitively incorporated in the South African Republic as a result of the Transvaal Civil War.
April 1877: Established 12 April 1877.
September 1884: President Paul Kruger of Transvaal declared the area to be under the protection of the South African Republic and annexed it six days later.
March 1885: The Bechuanaland Protectorate was established by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Southern Africa. It encompassed modernd-day Botswana but was bounded to the north by the 22° parallel south.
September 1885: In December 1884 the British sent in a force under Sir Charles Warren, who invaded the country and abolished the republic in August of the following year before it was incorporated into British Bechuanaland.
July 1888: The New Republic was incorporated with the Transvaal Republic on its own request, although enjoying considerable autonomy.
August 1891: This state existed until 1891 when it was incorporated into the South African Republic (Transvaal).
Disestablishment
May 1900: British troops captured Johannesburg on 31 May.
June 1900: The capital of the Transvaal, Pretoria, was taken by British forces.
September 1900: The British declared the Second Boer War over on 3 September 1900. The occupied territories ceased to be under military occupation, and the South African Republic was annexed, becoming the Transvaal Colony. Minor parts of the territories of the Republic were integrated into the Cape and Natal Colonies.
