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by the Boers, and 56 men are taken prisoner, including
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tank steam locomotives from Avonside Engine Company.
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391:declares war on Britain and launches the
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323:Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company
248:State President of the Orange Free State
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268:Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope
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824:Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1948).
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739:South African Military History Journal
613:12 April – Cape Central –
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800:Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985).
278:Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal
228:High Commissioner for Southern Africa
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224:Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
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932:Democratic Republic of the Congo
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344:urging him to intervene in the
238:Governor of the Colony of Natal
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321:based food packaging company
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201:List of years in South Africa
395:which will only end in 1902.
242:Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell
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389:South African Republic
346:South African Republic
252:Martinus Theunis Steyn
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1077:SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
937:Republic of the Congo
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689:Rand Mines acquires
578:Railway lines opened
564:politician, dies in
376:5 – The 7,000
367:Kingdom of Swaziland
212:1899 in South Africa
1152:States with limited
556:6 June – Sir
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284:(until 17 August),
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412:20 – In the
407:Siege of Kimberley
342:Joseph Chamberlain
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568:at the age of 61.
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1154:recognition
1107:South Sudan
997:Ivory Coast
686:in service.
648:Locomotives
641:New Hanover
630:Pietersburg
558:Henry Binns
529:Nobel Prize
521:Max Theiler
507:Cape Colony
491:John French
426:Penn Symons
282:Henry Binns
262:Paul Kruger
1255:Categories
1209:(Portugal)
1167:Somaliland
1087:Seychelles
1052:Mozambique
1037:Mauritania
1022:Madagascar
977:The Gambia
912:Cape Verde
811:0869772112
701:References
619:Swellendam
525:virologist
371:Mozambique
336:, sends a
317:4 –
218:Incumbents
1042:Mauritius
544:Kroonstad
495:Colesberg
445:Ingwavuma
319:Cape Town
305:Transvaal
193:See also:
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1142:Zimbabwe
1117:Tanzania
967:Ethiopia
962:Eswatini
942:Djibouti
907:Cameroon
892:Botswana
659:Class C
615:Roodewal
608:Heilbron
573:Railways
533:Pretoria
503:Estcourt
473:Estcourt
452:November
441:Ngwane V
338:telegram
157:Decades:
1218:RĂ©union
1214:Mayotte
1205:Madeira
1200:(Spain)
1196:Melilla
1127:Tunisia
1097:Somalia
1082:Senegal
1067:Nigeria
1057:Namibia
1047:Morocco
1012:Liberia
1007:Lesotho
957:Eritrea
927:Comoros
902:Burundi
877:Algeria
661:4-10-2T
498:Colony.
461:begins.
409:begins.
402:begins.
353:October
124:→
31:←
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1137:Zambia
1132:Uganda
1072:Rwanda
1027:Malawi
987:Guinea
882:Angola
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681:named
551:Deaths
514:Births
420:, the
293:Events
1192:Ceuta
1112:Sudan
1062:Niger
1017:Libya
1002:Kenya
982:Ghana
972:Gabon
947:Egypt
887:Benin
694:0-4-0
673:4-8-0
562:Natal
298:April
185:1910s
180:1900s
174:1890s
168:1880s
163:1870s
1122:Togo
1032:Mali
922:Chad
806:ISBN
683:Hope
653:The
599:Hope
523:, a
378:Zulu
303:The
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135:1901
130:1900
106:1899
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