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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 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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