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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.
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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.
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* 23 April — Andries Jacobus Bester, the Boer commandant of the Bethlehem commando, is born in Bloemfontein
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.
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* 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 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.
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.
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.
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* 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
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On November 26, 1838, Andries Pretorius was appointed as general of a wagon commando directed against Dingane at UmGungundlovu, which means " the secret conclave of the elephant ".
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* 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
* ( 1948-1959 ) – Felix Andries Vening Meinesz investigations show gravity anomalies, implying that the crust is moving ( together with J. H. F.
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 ".
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 )
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