State

Colony of Natal

British colony from 1843 to 1910

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1843–1910
Founded
1843
Ended
1910
Capital
Pietermaritzburg
Government
constitutional monarchy
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Succeeded by
Natal Province

Overview

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 was combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa as one of its provinces. It is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

It was originally only about half the size of the present province, with the north-eastern boundaries being formed by the Tugela and Buffalo rivers beyond which lay the independent Kingdom of Zululand (kwaZulu in the Zulu language).

Excerpt from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Records (17)

  1. 1852 — Battle of Berea MountainBattle · Basutho Kingdom ▸ United Kingdom
  2. 1881 — Battle of IngogoBattle · Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  3. 1899 — Battle of ChieveleyBattle · Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  4. 1899 — Battle of ColensoBattle · Transvaal, Orange Free State ▸ United Kingdom
  5. 1899 — Battle of ElandslaagteBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Transvaal
  6. 1899 — Battle of Nicholsons NekBattle · Orange Free State, Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  7. 1899 — Battle of Talana HillBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Transvaal
  8. 1899 — Battle of Willow GrangeBattle · Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  9. 1900 — Battle of Spion KopBattle · Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  10. 1900 — Battle of Tugela HeightsBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Transvaal, Orange Free State
  11. 1900 — Battle of VryheidBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Transvaal
  12. 1900 — Battle of Wagon HillBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Transvaal, Orange Free State
  13. 1901 — Battle of Blood River PoortBattle · Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  14. 1901 — Battle of Fort ItalaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Transvaal
  15. 1906 — Battle of BobeBattle · South Africa ▸ Zulu Rebels
  16. 1906 — Battle of MomeBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Zulu Rebels
  17. 1906 — Battle of MpukonyoniBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Zulu Rebels

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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