Free State - Notable Historical Events
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Free State - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1854-02-17 |
Britain recognises independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) |
1854-02-23 |
Great-Britain & Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein |
1884-04-22 |
US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1884-11-08 |
German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1884-12-16 |
Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1884-12-19 |
Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1884-12-24 |
Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1884-12-27 |
Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State |
1885-05-02 |
Congo Free State formed by King Leopold II of Belgium |
1899-10-02 |
Orange Free state mobilizes |
1900-03-12 |
President Steyn of Orange Free state flees from Bloemfontein |
1900-03-13 |
British troops occupy Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State |
1900-10-06 |
Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) |
1901-12-25 |
Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits |
1903-05-20 |
Britain's House of Commons begins a debate on the charges of poor administration and ill treatment of natives in Belgium's colony in the Congo Free State |
1907-07-01 |
The Orange River Colony, known as the Orange Free State, is granted self-government by the British |
1908-08-20 |
Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo |
1908-10-18 |
Belgium annexes Congo Free State |
1913-09-23 |
Women protests take place in the Free State, South Africa, led by Charlotte Maxeke, resisting government attempts to impose passes on women; passes are burnt in front of the municipal offices |
1914-01-27 |
A petition is written and submitted by the black and coloured women of the Orange Free State, an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa, against the carrying of passes by women |
1914-07-01 |
Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party |
1921-10-04 |
Riccardo Zanella becomes first elected president of Free State of Fiume. |
1922-01-15 |
Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st Premier |
1922-06-28 |
The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin. |
1922-10-24 |
Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State |
1922-12-06 |
1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation |
1922-12-17 |
Last British troops leave Irish Free State |
1923-08-15 |
Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State |
1923-09-10 |
Irish Free state joins League of Nations |
1937-12-29 |
2nd Irish constitution comes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie |
1948-12-21 |
State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence |
1949-05-17 |
British government recognises Republic of Ireland (previously Irish Free State) |
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Free State - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1844-10-05 |
Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934) |
1857-10-02 |
Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902) |
1880-06-06 |
William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state |
1894-12-05 |
Charles Robberts, Winburg district of the Orange Free State, The first State President of South Africa |
1914-06-29 |
Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, Thaba-Nchu Orange Free State, South African member of parliament (ANC) and noted writer ("Call me Woman") |
1916-01-12 |
A P[ieter] W Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa |
1974-07-04 |
Scott Ryan Whinery, Lawrence: Free State Fortress |
Free State - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1916-11-28 |
Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59 |
1927-07-10 |
Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated |
1934-03-27 |
Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844) |
1959-03-30 |
Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875) |
