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South Africa in 1904

Historical records for South Africa in 1904, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
9Events
4Named people
4Places
3Categories

Historical records

May

May 1904Afrikaner Political OrganisationLouis Botha

Transvaal · Government / Government of South Africa

Promotes conciliation, self-government and Afrikaner political recovery.

May 1904Het VolkJan Christian Smuts

Politics / Het Volk

Transvaal generals to form a political party, Het Volk, to fight for the Afrikaner cause. Louis Botha is elected leader, & Smuts his deputy

May 1904Het Volk LeadershipLouis Botha

Transvaal · Government / Government of South Africa

Helps build Het Volk as a Transvaal political party.

July

14 July 1904Death of Paulus KrugerPaulus Kruger

Clarens · Warfare / Military

Death of Paulus Kruger

December

16 December 1904BurialPaulus Kruger

Pretoria · Warfare / Military

Funeral procession of Paulus Kruger, revives an Afrikaaner political revival

Other Events

1904Afrikaaner Het Volk PartyJan Christian Smuts

Johannesburg · Politics / Het Volk

The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association

1904Constitution of South AfricaJan Christian Smuts

Johannesburg · Politics / Het Volk

The Afrikaan party opposes the Lyttelton Constitution. The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association

1904Prime Minister of South AfricaLeanders Starr Jameson

Government / Government of South Africa

Appointed Prime Minister of South Africa

1904Responsible Government AssociationJan Christian Smuts

Johannesburg · Politics / Het Volk

The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association

Names involved

Jan Christian SmutsLeanders Starr JamesonLouis BothaPaulus Kruger

Places involved

ClarensJohannesburgPretoriaTransvaal

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.