DATES OF INTERESTING EVENTS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 28 October 1899, Page 2

DATES OF INTERESTING EVENTS.

i,i vitw of the disturbances in South Af-"* nei, and the prob.tb.e complications which may arise in consequence of England's apparent desnc to annex the Transvaal, tue lol'u'.ving clate.-.i of events may be of interest lo our leaJer.s : — 1661— Eng*.and takes, the Island of St. Helena from the Dutch. I 1652 — The Dutch take possession of the Cape of Good Hope. rr95 — England nrst seizes the Cape of Good Hope. 1805 — iMigland finally occupies Cape of Good Hope. 1811 — uupe Colony finally ceded to Great Britain. 1836 — Fii>t "trekking - ' of the Boers away from British rule. 'Incy go noith and west. Some find their way -to the Transvaal, J and make their home theie. ' 1843 — Natal becomes a British colony. 1852 — Absolute independence -of the Transvaal Republic 'recognised by Great Britain. "Sand River Convention." 1877 — Transvaal "annexed" by Great Britain. . 1881 — Transvaal revolts agaiiult Great Britain, and secures recognition of its independence. Treaty of 1881. 1884 — Great Britain confirms treaty of 1881, and recognises Transvaal as an independent Republic. 1886) — Great discoveries' of gold in Transvaal. Founding of Johannesburg. People from all quarters of the globe flock to Johannesburg, attracted by gold find. 1896 — Jameson's unsuccessful raid into Transvaal. 1898 — Alleged Anglo-German agreement with Portugal relating to Delagoix Bay and Portuguese dominions in Africa. 1899— War between England and Transvaal Republic and Orange Free State. — ' ——