* Andries Pretorius

* 1838 – Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza ( Nzobo ) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Pretoria is named after Andries Pretorius.

Statue of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) in Pretoria

Pretoria itself was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius.

Andries Pretorius also negotiated the Sand River Convention ( 1852 ), in which Britain acknowledged the independence of the Transvaal.

The first president of the South African Republic was Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, elected in 1857, son of the famous Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, who commanded the Boers to victory at the Battle of Blood River.

These were joined in 1848 by Andries W. J. Pretorius, who became commandant of the Potchefstroom settlers.

On the death of Andries Pretorius his son Marthinus W. Pretorius ( q. v.

The Great Trek consisted of a number of mass movements under a number of different leaders including Louis Tregardt, Hendrik Potgieter, Sarel Cilliers, Pieter Uys, Gerrit Maritz, Piet Retief and Andries Pretorius.

Andries Pretorius filled the leadership vacuum hoping to enter into negotiations for peace if Dingane would restore the land he had granted to Retief.

Pretoria was named after the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius.

The justness of Sir Harry Smith's measures and his popularity among the Boers gained for his policy considerable support, but the republican party, at whose head was Andries Pretorius, did not submit without a struggle.

On December 16, 1838 a 470-strong force of Andries Pretorius confronted about 12, 000 Zulu at prepared positions.

After Andries Pretorius was recruited to fill the leadership vacuum created by the deaths of Piet Retief and Gerhard Maritz, he initially offered to negotiate for peace with Dingane if he were to restore the land he had initially offered to Retief.

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa.

Statue of Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) in Pretoria

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* Andries Pretorius, Born Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) Great Trek Leader after whom Pretoria was named farmed in the district before the Great Trek.

* Felix Andries Vening-Meinesz, 1887 – 1966, ( Netherlands )

* February 24 – In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs led by Andries Treurnicht vote for no confidence in P. W. Botha.

* Andries Bicker of the Netherlands ( 1586 – 1652 ), administrator of the Dutch East India Company, Mayor of Amsterdam, and diplomat

* December 16 – Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Voortrekker leader ( b. 1792 )

* Andries Kinsbergen ( 1967 – 1993 )

* ( 1948-1959 ) – Felix Andries Vening Meinesz investigations show gravity anomalies, implying that the crust is moving ( together with J. H. F.

* Andries Knevel ( 1952 ) – talk show host

* Carmody, Steven ; Gross, Walter ; Nelson, Theodor H .; Rice, David ; van Dam, Andries ( 1969, April ) A Hypertext Editing System for the / 360, Center for Computer & Information Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, File Number HES360-0, Form AVD-6903-0, pages 26 – 27

In the Seventh Frontier War ( 1846 – 1847 ) against the Gcaleka Xhosa, the Khoi gunmen from Kat River distinguished themselves under their leader Andries Botha in the assault on the " Amatola fastnesses ".

* Andries de Witt ( 1573 – 1637 ), Grand Pensionary of Holland

The Battle of Blood River (; ) is the name given for the battle fought between 470 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 10, 000 – 15, 000 Zulu attackers on the bank of the Ncome River on 16 December 1838, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

In 1856 Andries Francois du Toit ( 1813 – 1883 ), in exchange for a Basuto pony, acquired part of the farm, which he named ' Arcadia ' and on which the Union Buildings were later constructed.

A committee of four members – Andries Hessels, greffier ( secretary ) of the States of Brabant ; Jacques Tayaert, pensionary of the city of Ghent ; Jacob Valcke, pensionary of the city of Ter Goes ( now Goes ); and Pieter van Dieven ( also known as Petrus Divaeus ), pensionary of the city of Mechelen – was charged with drafting what was to become the Act of Abjuration.

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( 1819 – 1901 ) Boer soldier and statesman, president of the South African Republic ( 1857 – 71 ), born in Graaff-Reinet, the son of Andries Pretorius.

* Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ( 1819 – 1901 ), son of Andries, first president of the South African Republic ( often known as the Transvaal Republic )

* Sir Andries Stockenstrom, 1st Baronet, of Cape of Good Hope ( 1840 ), extinct 1957

On 16 December 1938 the cornerstone was laid by three descendants of some of the Voortrekker leaders: Mrs. J. C. Muller ( granddaughter of Andries Pretorius ), Mrs. K. F.

* Bicker ( family ), a Dutch Golden Age family, headed by Andries Bicker

* Andries Tatane ( 33 ), Ficksburg, 2011

Andries Tatane ( 22 February in 1978-13 April 2011 ), 33 year-old mathematics teacher and community activist, brutally murdered by police officers during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg.

Andries Both ( 1612 / 1613-23 March 1642 ), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter, one of the bamboccianti, and brother of Jan Dirksz Both.

* 30 April – A. A. Pienaar ( Andries Albertus Pienaar, pen name Sangiro ), born 23 August 1894, died on his farm, Panfontein, near Bloemhof.

* 6 May – Andries Raditsela ( 29 ), Congress of South African Trade Unions and Chemical Workers ' Industrial Union member, dies of head injuries after being violently confronted by police

* 23 August-A. A. Pienaar ( Andries Albertus Pienaar, pen name Sangiro ), in Broederstroom near Pretoria.

Jacobus Andries Rudolph ( born 4 May 1981 ), popularly known as Jacques Rudolph, is a South African Test and ODI cricketer currently playing in England with Surrey CCC and in South Africa with Titans.