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| 1862 | Birth |  |
| Greytown Africa Birth of Louis Botha, Natal |
| 1899 | Battle of Colenso | |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Buller is forced to consider the surrender of Ladysmith |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Defeats Buller at the end of the British "black week" |
| 1899 | Commander | |
| Transvaal Africa Appointed Commander of the Trans vaal Army |
| 1899 | Siege of Ladysmith | |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Buller is forced to consider the surrender of Ladysmith |
| 1900 | Battle of Bergendal | |
| 27th Aug Bergendal Africa The Boer Army is defeated |
| 1900 | Capture of Transvaal | |
| 1st Sep Transvaal Africa Roberts formally proclaims the annexation of the Trans vaal |
| 1901 | Battle of Bakenlaagte | |
| 20th Oct Bakenlaagte Africa Botha defeats a British force |
| 1901 | Peace | |
| 2nd Middelburg Africa Kitchener on his own initiative opens peace negotiations with Botha |
| 3rd Middelburg Africa The Boers reject the British peace terms |
| 1902 | Conference of Pretoria | |
| 28th May Pretoria Africa Peace negotiations open at Pretoria |
| 1902 | Conference of Vereeniging | |
| 15th May Vereeniging Africa The 60 representitives of the burghers report how desperate conditions are |
| 16th May Vereeniging Africa Botha decides to decare peace while the Free Staters are still a nation |
| 1902 | Treaty of Vereeniging | |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The Boer burghers decide to relinquish their independence declaration |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The Boers accept British sovereignty over Sth Africa |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The British agree to pay œ3 million for rebuilding Boer farms |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa The treaty of Vereeniging ends the Boer War |
| 1905 | Independence | |
| Botha sends Smuts to London to plead with the newly elected Liberal government |
| 1907 | Conference of Impereial | |
| Botha declares Afrikaaner loyalty to the British Empire |
| 1907 | Cullinan Diamond | |
| Botha presents the Cullinan diamond to Edward VII |
| 1907 | Election | |
| 4th Mar Transvaal Africa The Het Volk, including many English-speaking allies, win the election |
| 1907 | Independence | |
| Dec Traansval Africa The British agree self-government for the Traansval |
| Dec Orange Riv Col Africa The British agree to self-government for the Orange River Colony |
| 1907 | Loan Transvaal | |
| Transvaal Africa The British government agrees a loan of œ5 million to the Trans vaal |
| 1907 | National Convention | |
| Botha's party forms the National Convention for Sth African unity |
| 1907 | Parliament | |
| 21st Mar Pretoria Africa Botha attends the opening of Parliament by Lord Selbourne |
| 1907 | Prime Minister | |
| 4th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of the Trans vaal |
| 1907 | Reform | |
| The Education Act makes English, not Dutch, a common school-learning subject |
| 1907 | Repatriation Chinese | |
| The majority of Chinese labourers are repatriated |
| 1907 | Unification | |
| Botha's party forms the National Convention for Sth African unity |
| 1908 | Conference of Customs | |
| Reinforces the foundation of the National Convention |
| 1910 | Constitution | |
| Sth Africa's 1st general election |
| 31st May Pretoria Africa Proclamation of the Union of Sth Africa |
| 31st May Pretoria Africa Sth Africa becomes a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire |
| 1910 | Department of Native Affairs | |
| The Deptartment of Native Affairs takes over the 4 colonial departments |
| 1910 | Election | |
| Botha's party wins 66 seats, mostly Afrikaners, in a house of 121 |
| Sth Africa's 1st general election |
| 1910 | Independence | |
| 31st May Pretoria Africa Sth Africa becomes a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire |
| 1910 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the Trans vaal |
| 1910 | Unification | |
| Transvaal Africa 1st Prime Minister of the Union Government, in the Trans vaal |
| The British Parliament ratifies the National Convention's unified government |
| 31st May Pretoria Africa Composed of Natal, Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State & the Trans vaal |
| 31st May Pretoria Africa Proclamation of the Union of Sth Africa |
| 1912 | Cabinet | |
| Botha dissolves the cabinet |
| 1912 | Government | |
| Excludes Hertzog because of his policy of English-Dutch bilingualism |
| Dec Forms a new cabinet without Hertzog |
| 1912 | Reform | |
| The Defence Act provides for a Union Defence Force |
| 1912 | Resignation | |
| Dec Resigns after Hertzog's "Sth Africa First" speech |
| 1912 | UDF | |
| The Defence Act provides for a Union Defence Force |
| 1913 | Reform | |
| The Bantu Land Act creates a territorial division between the Bantu & Whites |
| 1914 | Alliance | |
| Pretoria Africa Rallies Sth Africa to the Commonwealth |
| 1914 | Capture of Namibia | |
| Pretoria Africa Conquers German SW Africa |
| 1914 | Rebellion | |
| Pretoria Africa Suppresses a Boer revolt under General de Wet |
| 1915 | Capture of SW Africa | |
| Captures Southwest Africa |
| 1915 | Capture of Swakopmund | |
| 13th Jan Swakopmund Africa Swakopmund in German Namibia is captured by forces under Louis Botha |
| 1915 | Capture of Windhoek | |
| May Windhoek Africa Windhoek in German Namibia is captured by forces under Louis Botha |
| 1915 | Election | |
| Almost defeated by the Nationalist Party but allies with the Anglophile Unionist Party |
| Appointed Party Leader of the National Party |
| Campaigns on a platform of neutrality & gradual progress towards full independence |
| 1915 | Party Leader | |
| Pretoria Africa Appointed Party Leader of the SouthAfrica National Party |
| Pretoria Africa Campaigns on a platform of neutrality & gradual progress towards full independence |
| 1915 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Sth Africa, 2nd term |
| 1915 | Rule of Namibia | |
| Namibia is placed under Sth African military administration |
