State

Cape Colony

Dutch and British colony in Southern Africa

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1795–1910
Founded
1795
Ended
1910
Capital
Cape Town
Government
constitutional monarchy
Languages
Afrikaans, English, Dutch
Religion
Dutch Reformed Church
Succeeded by
Cape Province

Overview

The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope. It existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, then became the Cape Province, which existed even after 1961, when South Africa had become a republic, albeit temporarily outside the Commonwealth of Nations (1961–94).

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Records (22)

  1. 1818 — Battle of AmalindaBattle · Ngqika ▸ Ndlambe
  2. 1819 — Battle of Fish RiverBattle · United Kingdom, Boers ▸ Xhosa
  3. 1819 — Battle of GrahamstownBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa
  4. 1838 — Battle of BloukranzBattle · Boers ▸ Zulu Kingdom
  5. 1846 — Battle of BurnshillBattle · Xhosa ▸ United Kingdom
  6. 1846 — Battle of GwangaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa
  7. 1848 — Battle of BoomplaatsBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Orange Free State
  8. 1850 — Battle of Boomah PassBattle · Xhosa ▸ United Kingdom
  9. 1850 — Battle of Fort WhiteBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa Kingdom
  10. 1851 — Battle of Fish RiverBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa
  11. 1851 — Battle of WaterkloofBattle · Xhosa ▸ United Kingdom
  12. 1852 — Battle of Iron Mountain, South AfricaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa
  13. 1877 — Battle of IbekaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa
  14. 1878 — Battle of KentaniBattle · United Kingdom, Mfengu ▸ Xhosa
  15. 1878 — Battle of NAxamaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Xhosa
  16. 1896 — Phokwane RebellionRebellion
  17. 1899 — Battle of Belmont, South AfricaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Orange Free State
  18. 1899 — Battle of GraspanBattle · United Kingdom ▸ Orange Free State
  19. 1899 — Battle of StormbergBattle · Orange Free State ▸ United Kingdom
  20. 1900 — Battle of Diamond HillBattle · Transvaal ▸ United Kingdom
  21. 1901 — Battle of Elands River PoortBattle · Orange Free State ▸ United Kingdom
  22. 1906 — Battle of Van RooisvleiBattle · Germany ▸ Nama Tribe

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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