4 January 1900Colesberg CounterattackHendrik Jacobus Schoeman
Schoeman takes part in Boer counterattacks that check British pressure around Colesberg.
Historical records for South Africa in 1900, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Schoeman takes part in Boer counterattacks that check British pressure around Colesberg.
Helps defeat British forces at Spion Kop.
Helps organize Boer resistance during the battle of Spion Kop.
Contributes to another British failure on the Upper Tugela.
Botha's Boer forces oppose Buller's renewed attempt to cross the Tugela and establish a bridgehead at Vaal Krantz.
Arrested and held at St Helena until the end of the war
Surrenders with his commando at Paardeberg.
Cronje's force surrenders at Paardeberg after British encirclement.
Boer leaders sign the Pretoria Convention restoring Transvaal self-government.
Moves the Free State government after Bloemfontein falls.
De Wet ambushes Broadwood's column at Sanna's Post and captures men, wagons and artillery.
Assumes leadership of the Transvaal forces after Piet Joubert's death.
Becomes the principal Transvaal commander during the remaining war.
De Wet surrounds a British detachment near Reddersburg and compels its surrender after sustained fighting.
De Wet attacks the colonial garrison at Wepener but fails to force it to surrender.
Eloff leads a bold assault into Mafeking and penetrates part of the defended town.
Eloff's raiding force is isolated inside Mafeking and he is compelled to surrender to the defenders.
De la Rey's Boer forces resist Hamilton's advance at Doornkop before withdrawing from the position.
Leaves Pretoria before the British advance.
Leaves Pretoria ahead of the British advance.
The republican government relocates as Roberts approaches the capital.
Botha commands the Boer defence at Diamond Hill and withdraws after two days of fighting.
Leads guerrilla operations in the western Transvaal.
Continues guerrilla resistance after British occupation.
Appointed Prime Minister for the fourth and last time in June 1900, when William Philip Schreiner is forced to resign because of his anti-war stance
Favoured negotiation rather than hostilities, to the chagrin of Governor and High Commissioner Alfred Milner, who was actively fomenting war, his stance led his to his forced resignation from the premiership and Parliament
De Wet escapes from the tightening British cordon at Brandwater Basin with a mobile Boer force.
Steyn escapes the Brandwater Basin with De Wet before British forces complete the encirclement.
Prinsloo surrenders his surrounded Free State force to Hunter in the Brandwater Basin.
De la Rey surrounds the Elands River post and subjects the garrison to sustained artillery and rifle fire.
The Boer Army is defeated
Is defeated as the British advance through the Transvaal.
Viljoen takes part in the Boer defence at Bergendal before the commandos withdraw eastward.
Roberts formally proclaims the annexation of the Transvaal
Theron is killed in action while operating against British forces in the Gatsrand area.
Goes into Portuguese South-East Africa
Denied an audience by Wilhelm II of Germany
Leaves for Europe
Viljoen's outnumbered force repels Paget's attacks at Rhenosterkop before withdrawing during the night.
De la Rey combines with Beyers to attack Clements's camp at Nooitgedacht and inflict a severe defeat.
Birth of Jacob Gideon Nel Strauss
Appointed a General
Adopts mobile guerrilla tactics after British occupation of major towns.
Maintains armed resistance despite formal British annexation.
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