Timeline - South Africa By facebooker_1042742110 Nov 21, 1487 Bartolomeo Diaz Period: Nov 21, 1488 to Nov 21, 1994 South Africa Nov 21, 1834 slavery be abolished Nov 21, 1899 Civil War starts Nov 21, 1902 Civil War ends Nov 21, 1913 Africa was divided between European countries Nov 21, 1962 Nelson Mandela war arrested