Second Boer War

Ereignisse (21)

• 1899

  10/11 — Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.

• 1899

  11/2 — The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

• 1899

  11/28 — The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

• 1899

  12/11 — Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

• 1900

  1/6 — Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.

• 1900

  1/23 — Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.

• 1900

  1/24 — Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

• 1900

  2/7 — Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

• 1900

  2/18 — Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.

• 1900

  2/23 — Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.

• 1900

  2/27 — Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.

• 1900

  2/28 — The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.

• 1900

  3/13 — Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.

• 1900

  5/17 — Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

• 1900

  5/24 — Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

• 1900

  6/5 — Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.

• 1900

  11/7 — Zweiter Börsenkrieg: Schlacht von Leliefontein, in der die Royal Canadian Dragoons drei Victoria-Kreuze gewinnen.

• 1901

  9/17 — Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.

• 1902

  2/27 — Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.

• 1902

  3/7 — Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.

• 1902

  5/31 — Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.