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EVENTS

January

15 January - The ''HMS Sybille'', a 3400 ton Apollo Class Cruiser struck a reef about 5 km south of Lamberts Bay

31 January - General Jan Smuts and his commandos captures Modderfontein, Transvaal , during the Boer War . A large of number of Africans are massacred at Modderontein by the commandos

February

1 February - Bubonic Plague breaks out in Cape Town

May

31 May - Zulu King Dinizulu KaCetshwayo refuses British instructions to take up arms against the Boer s in the Boer War

July

2 July - 6 Boer prisoners are murdered by members of the Bushveld Carabineers in the Spelonken area, near Makhado

November

9 November the electric tramline in Cape Town was extended to Camps Bay and Sea Point

BIRTHS

8 September - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd is born in Amsterdam , Netherlands

DEATHS