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Dutch Settle in the Cape
The dutch first came to the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to establish a way station for their ships sailing between the Dutch East Indies and home. -
The Great Trek.
The Boers had been attempting to find new land to live on when they had started war against the Zulu and other tribes over land ownership. -
The Battle of Blood River
The battle between the Zulu and Voortrekker boers. The boers attacked an armored boer encampment that met the Zulu with heavy fire power, the Zulu suffered heavy losses. -
Diamonds and Gold Discovered.
In the 1860s and 1880s diamonds and gold were discovered in southern Africa, this caused outsiders from all parts of the world to rush in to make a fortune. -
King Leopold of Belgium sends missions to Africa
In the 1870s, King Leopold of Belgium sent a mission to the interior of Africa to establish
trade agreements with leaders of the Congo River basin. -
Invention of the maxim machine gun
The maxim gun, the first automatic weapon, was made in 1884 and utilized against the African tribes when the Europeans invaded. -
The berlin conference
The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference, or West Africa Conference, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period -
The Boer War
The Boer War between the British and the Boers was the first modern "total" war. The Boers launched commando raids and used guerilla tactics against the British. The British countered by burning Boer farms and imprisoning women and children in disease-ridden concentration camps.
