South Africa By faith5636 Dec 16, 1652 First european settlers Dec 18, 1795 Attempts to have an independent republic Dec 18, 1799 Beginning of the Napoleonic war Dec 16, 1815 britain takes perminant posession of Dec 18, 1815 End of the "Napoleonic Wars" Dec 17, 1867 descovers dimonds and gold making outlanders want to come Dec 18, 1960 Many black protesters died even though they were being completley unharmful to anyone or anything Dec 17, 1961 S. Africa declares its self as Republic Dec 17, 1993 began to work on a new constitution Dec 17, 1993 Nobel peace prize given to Mandela and de Klerk Dec 16, 1996 New national constitution approved Dec 16, 1998 Leaders of ANC come to commision Apr 15, 2004 National congross won the general election Dec 4, 2007 Zuma declared leadership Jan 18, 2009 the lower court had "Overstepped" its athority according to Zuma May 18, 2009 zuma is charged with "Intolerable abuse" Dec 5, 2013 Mandela Dies at 95 years old (was fighting lung infections for months) Dec 18, 2014 Zuma is voted to have a 2nd term as presedent