Theme
Sovereignty
Events involving claims to independence, suzerainty, annexation, recognition, or political authority.
Initial theme stub generated from the nineteenth-century event dataset.
Events
1778VOC extends eastern boundary to the Fish and Bushmans rivers25 March 1802Treaty of Amiens8 January 1806Battle of Blaauwberg and the second British occupation of the Cape13 August 1814Cape formally ceded to BritainNovember 1838Potchefstroom foundedc. 1840–1865Swazi kingdom expands and consolidates under Mswati II3 February–29 August 1848Orange River Sovereignty proclaimed and Battle of Boomplaats fought17 January 1852Sand River Convention23 February 1854Bloemfontein Convention1858First Basotho War18 February 1858South African Republic constitution adoptedc. 1860–1898Venda polities and the Soutpansberg conflicts1861–1863Adam Kok III leads the Griqua trek to Nomansland1865–1868Seqiti War and the later Basotho Wars12 March 1868Basutoland placed under British protection16 May 1876Boer–Pedi war begins12 April 1877British annexation of the TransvaalJanuary–July 1879Anglo-Zulu War2 December 1879Sekhukhune captured after the Anglo-Pedi War1880–1881First Anglo-Boer War3 August 1881Pretoria Convention1883–1888Dinuzulu and the Zulu civil conflict1885Bechuanaland Protectorate established1887Zululand annexed by Britain11 October 1899–31 May 1902South African War31 May 1902Treaty of Vereeniging1951Bantu Authorities Act1976Transkei declared 'independent'