Historical place archive

River Vaal in History

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

2 records2 event labels1 people1847–1847

Historical events in River Vaal

1847

1847
Independence of South Africa
Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius · Government of South Africa

Crosses the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule

1847
Independence of Transvaal
Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius · Government of South Africa

Crosses the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule

Provenance

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