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Convention

South Africa · Government / Government of South Africa. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1852–1908Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1852

Paulus Kruger17 January 1852

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Gains recognition from Britain of the independence of the Boer State of Transvaal

1908

Jan Christian Smuts12 October 1908

Government / Government of South Africa

The convention represents the 4 colonies but natives of South Africa are excluded

Jan Christian Smuts12 October 1908

Durban · Government / Government of South Africa

Smuts calls for a constitutional convention

Names involved

Jan Christian SmutsPaulus Kruger

Provenance

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