Key Dates in the life of Nelson Mandela

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  • Date of Birth

    Born in the Transkei, South Africa

  • Enters Shool

  • Starts College

    18 Years old

  • Enters University

  • Expelled

    Expelled from Fort Hare university for activism

  • The Spark

    Begins to attend ANC meetings informally

  • Getting involved in school politics

    Co-founds ANC Youth League Marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase

  • Big Leap in ANCYL

    Elected national secretary of ANCYL later to president

  • Fist Big Leap

    Campaign of civil disobedience Opens South Africa's first black law practice with Oliver Tambo

  • High Treason

    One of 156 activists charged with high treason

  • Adult Hood

    Marries Winnie Madikizela

  • Rebeling

    Goes underground to form armed wing

  • Imprisonment

    Sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and high treason. Sent to maximum-security jail on Robben Island

  • Transfer

    Leaves Robben Island for Pollsmoor Prison

  • Freedom

    Released

  • Recognized

    Wins the Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk the last apartheid president

  • Presidency

    Elected president after the ANC wins South Africa's first multiracial elections

  • Remarried

    Marries Graca Machel

  • Done with Presidency

    Steps down after one term as president

  • Away from the public

    Withdraws from public life

  • Death

    Dies aged 95