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Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.
Tanks, the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.
First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele, making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day.
First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.
Second Boer War: The Siege of Mafeking in South Africa was lifted after 217 days, a decisive victory for the British against the Boers.
Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by UMkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.
Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.
Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
Paul Boateng, English lawyer and politician, British High Commissioner to South Africa
Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (born 1914)