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Stellaland, officially known as the Republic of Stellaland ( Dutch: Republiek Stellaland ) from 1882 – 1883 and, after unification with the neighbouring State of Goshen, as the United States of Stellaland ( Dutch: Verenigde Staten van Stellaland ) from 1883 – 1885, was a Boer republic located in an area of Bechuanaland, west of the Transvaal.
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Stellaland and Republic
* 1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
During its short history, Stellaland, though small in size, became a focal point of conflict between the British Empire and the South African Republic, the two major players vying over the territory.
The Republic of Stellaland was formally created on 26 July 1882, under the leadership of its elected president Gerrit Jacobus van Niekerk, a farmer from Transvaal, and was given the name Stellaland ( Star Land ) in reference to a comet that was visible in the skies at the time.
* Postage stamps and postal history of Stellaland Republic
* Stellaland, a break-away Boer republic from the Bechuanalands, issued its own stamps, described in Postage stamps and postal history of Stellaland Republic.
The area is commonly called Stellaland after the Republic of Stellaland.
: Stellaland Republic ;
Stellaland and Republiek
nl: Republiek Stellaland
Stellaland and from
On the other hand, several British sources refer to van Niekerk and his followers as " freebooters " and " marauders ," but de iure recognition from the United Kingdom can be implied from a telegram that was erroneously sent by Sir Charles Warren, military commander for British Bechuanaland, to van Niekerk in which he endorsed Cecil Rhodes ' settlement in Stellaland.
Rhodes even asserted that the area was of such a crucial nature to the Crown that if the territory held by Stellaland remained under Afrikaner control, British presence " should fall from the position of a paramount state in South Africa to that of a minor state.
Stellaland and 1882
In 1882 British Bechuanaland suffered two secessions by the Boer states of Stellaland and Goshen.
A temporary Boer republic was established in Stellaland, which was the area surrounding Vryburg, on 26 July 1882.
Stellaland and –
* September 30 – A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland.
Stellaland and 1883
On 6 August 1883, Stellaland and Goshen united to form the United States of Stellaland.
Stellaland and unification
Stellaland with its capital Vryburg on a contemporary map prior to unification with Goshen to the northeast
Stellaland and Goshen
* Goshen, a short-lived Boer republic ( see Stellaland )
On his return to South Africa, Robinson he found that a critical situation had arisen in Bechuanaland ( today's Botswana ), where Boer commandos had seized large tracts of territory and proclaimed the republics of Stellaland and Goshen.
* United States of Stellaland, a short-lived political union of Goshen and Stellaland proper in southern Africa.
A force of 4, 000 troops, under Sir Charles Warren, set off to recapture Stellaland and Goshen.
On 7 February 1885 the force reached Vryburg, the principal town in Stellaland, then continued to Mafeking, the principal town in Goshen.
On 30 September 1885 Stellaland, Goshen and other territories to the south of the Molopo River were constituted as the Crown Colony of British Bechuanaland.
* 7 August-The " United States of Stellaland " is formed when the republics of Stellaland and Goshen unite
Stellaland and van
Due to the fact that van Niekerk's government had announced to levy taxes on all trade going through its territory, both Cecil Rhodes, founder of the De Beers diamond company, and the British administration feared a setback for their endeavors in the mining-business, since Stellaland lay on one of the main trade routes.
Stellaland and republic
** Boers establish the republic of Stellaland in southern Africa.
* 26 July-The Stellaland republic is declared
officially and known
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