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Andries Hendrik Potgieter, after the flight of the Ndebele, issued a proclamation in which he declared the country which Mzilikazi had abandoned and forfeited to the emigrant farmers, but also denying land rights to the Sotho-Tswana who had saved him and assisted in the defeat of Mzilikazi and the Ndebele.
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On 16 October 1836, a Boer laager ( or fortified circle of wagons ) led by Andries Hendrik Potgieter, was attacked by an Ndebele force of about 5, 000, who looted all of Potgieter's livestock, but were unable to defeat the laager in what became known as the Battle of Vegkop.
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.
The Voortrekkers had a distinctive flag, used mainly by the Voortrekkers who followed Andries Hendrik Potgieter, which is why it was also known as the Potgieter Flag.
On each outside corner of the Monument there is a statue, respectively representing Piet Retief, Andries Pretorius, Hendrik Potgieter and an " unknown " leader ( representative of all the other Voortrekker leaders ).
Apart from his three sons, he had several apprentices: Michiel Verstylen, Alexander Coosemans, Thomas de Klerck, Lenaert Rougghe, Theodor Aenvanck, Andries Benedetti, Elias van den Broeck, Jacob Marrel, Hendrik Schoock and Abraham Mignon.
It carries the names of the Voortrekker leaders: Piet Uys, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Andries Pretorius, Piet Retief and Gerrit Maritz.
A fort was established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter with the help of a Dutch merchant Gregorius Ohrig.
Andries and Potgieter
Potgieter settled in the Zoutpansberg, while other farmers chose as headquarters a place on the inner slopes of the Drakensberg, where they founded a village called Andries Ohrigstad.
This refers to the Voortrekker leader and town father Andries Potgieter, " chef " being an indication of leader of the emigrants and " stroom " referring to the Mooi River.
Lydenburg was founded in 1849 by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Potgieter when they abandoned their previous settlement Ohrigstad ( to the north ) due to a malaria epidemic.
Andries and after
Pretoria itself was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius.
The elimination of sharia was done by Mohammad Hatta based upon request by Christian representative Alexander Andries Maramis, and after consultation with moderate Islamic representatives Teuku Mohammad Hassan, Kasman Singodimedjo, and Ki Bagoes Hadikoesoemo.
In 1847 after buying land from the Zulu king Mpande, a number of Boers settled in the area and called it the Republic of Klip River with Andries Spies as their commandant.
* 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.
A vote was held under the Burgers and Andries Pretorius's group won and elected to establish the town in its current position and to call it Winburg, after the Dutch word winnen ( to win ).
* 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
Andreas Ruckers I ( or Andries ) ( 30 August 1579 – after 1645 ) was the second son of Hans Ruckers, and likewise became a harpsichord maker based in Antwerp.
Andries Thomas " Andre " Markgraaff ( born Kimberley, 23 December 1956 ) was a South African rugby union lock, and controversial national coach, who resigned after he was taped referring to " fucking kaffirs ".
The canal was proposed by Canon Andries to prevent the Dutch from blocking the discharge of water and inundating the Meetjesland after Belgium's independence from the Netherlands.
The painters influenced by his genre style were called the Bamboccianti after his nickname, and included Andries Both and his brother Jan, Michelangelo Cerquozzi, the French Hugenot Sébastien Bourdon, and Jan Miel.
Andries and Ndebele
* 17 January Voortrekkers under Andries Potgieter, Piet Uys and Gerrit Maritz, helped by Rolong and Griqua tribes, defeat Ndebele at Mosega
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