Historical place archive

Graaff-Reinet in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Graaff-Reinet in South Africa. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1902–1902

Historical events in Graaff-Reinet

1902

18 January 1902
Execution of Gideon Scheepers
Gideon Scheepers · Boer War, 2nd

Scheepers is executed by British authorities after his capture and conviction by court martial during the guerrilla war.

Provenance

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