December 1899
South Africa Staff Appointment
Joins Lord Roberts in South Africa as chief of staff after the early British defeats.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Town in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Joins Lord Roberts in South Africa as chief of staff after the early British defeats.
Arrives to replace Buller as senior British commander.
Serves as Roberts's chief of staff.
Represents the Crown in the newly unified dominion.
Takes office as governor general when South Africa becomes a union.
Terra Nova calls at Cape Town during the voyage south.
Evans supervises shipboard duties while Terra Nova calls at Cape Town on the outward voyage.
Terra Nova departs Cape Town for Australia and New Zealand.
Scott joins Terra Nova before the expedition continues from Cape Town.
Tours South Africa & celebrates her 21st birthday at Cape Town
Opens the new session of Parliament in Cape Town
Arrives at Duncan Dock received by the Governor of General, Prime Minister & the Cabinet. 1st time a reigning British Sovereign had step foot on South African soil
In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
Macmillans "wind of change" speech became a historical landmark, the first sign that the British Government accepted that the days of Empire were over. In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
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