Information about 1878 In South Africa

See also: 1876 in South Africa, other events of 1877, 1878 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Events

• Xhosas clash with the white settlers starting the 9th Cape Frontier War which ends the following year

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1840s  1850s  1860s  - 1870s -  1880s  1890s  1900s
1875 1876 1877 - 1878 - 1879 1880 1881

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See also: 1878 in South Africa, other events of 1879, 1880 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Events

January

• 11 January - Britain declares war against the Zulus and launches the Anglo-Zulu War after the an ultimatum issued on

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This is a timeline of the History of South Africa. For sport see Timeline of South African sport.

Before European colonisation

• Early BCE Southern Africa
• Early ACE Southern Africa

Colonization

• 1400s
• 1500s

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March 12 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 515 BC - Construction is completed on the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

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Walvis Bay (Dutch/Afrikaans Walvisbaai, German Walfischbucht or Walfischbai, meaning "Whale Bay"), is a port in Namibia and the bay on which it lies.
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May 14 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (October 10, 1825 – July 14, 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and fondly known as Oom Paul (Afrikaans for "Uncle Paul") was a prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and president of the Transvaal Republic in
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" ^[2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" ^[3]
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South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, or ZAR), often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Afrikaner/Boer country in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century.
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December 11 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 359 - The first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, Honoratus, took office.

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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" ^[2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" ^[3]
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10,659,309 (2001 census)^[1]
Regions with significant populations  South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
Gauteng
Mpumalanga
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Cetshwayo kaMpande (circa 1826 – February 8, 1884) was the king of the Zulu nation from 1872 to 1879 and their leader during the Zulu War. His name has also been transliterated as Cetawayo, Cetewayo, Cetywajo and Ketchwayo.
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The Xhosa Wars, also known as the Kaffir Wars or Cape Frontier Wars, were a series of nine wars between the amaXhosa people and European settlers from 1779 and 1879 in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
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Telegraphy (from the Greek words (τηλη) = far and (γραφειν) = write) is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally by changing something that could
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KwaZulu-Natal

Area 92,100 km²
Population (2001) 9,426,019
Languages Zulu (80.6%)
English (13.6%)
Xhosa (2.3%)
Afrikaans (1.5%)
Races Black (85.3%)
Asian (8.5%)
White (4.7%)
Coloured (1.
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Transvaal (lit. beyond the Vaal [pale river]) was one of the British colonies that united to form the Union of South Africa in 1910. After the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 the bulk of the South African Republic became the Transvaal Colony, while the remainder was
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