Events in Gauteng History
- 1852-01-17 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
- 1870-07-30 The Republic of Klipdrift is proclaimed by Transvaal President Andries Pretorius after the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters; ownership of the diamond fields was contested by the Boer republics
- 1877-04-12 British annex Transvaal, South Africa
- 1880-12-16 Transvaal region declares itself as the Republic of South Africa
- 1880-12-20 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
- 1881-02-07 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces
- 1881-04-05 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
- 1881-08-03 Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous
Kruger Transvaal president
1883-04-16 Paul Kruger chosen as President of Transvaal
- 1890-06-23 In an effort to solve the "Uitlander" (British and foreign) grievances regarding voting rights, President of Transvaal Paul Kruger institutes a Second Volksraad voting chamber, responsible for controlling local matters
- 1892-08-20 The Transvaal National Union, a political organisation, is set up with J. Tudhope as president
- 1893-04-22 Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for the third time
Report on the Jameson Raid
1897-07-16 The South African Committee, investigating the Jameson Raid releases its report finding that it was conducted almost implicitly through the support and encouragement of Cecil Rhodes and the mining houses in the Transvaal
- 1898-03-26 Sabie Game Reserve proclaimed in the Transvaal - the beginnings of Kruger National Park
Transvaal Requests British Aid
1899-04-24 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid
- 1899-09-28 Transvaal mobilizes its army - leadup to Second Boer War
- 1900-09-11 President of Transvaal Paul Kruger crosses border into Mozambique
- 1900-10-19 South African President of Transvaal Paul Kruger departs for Europe
- 1900-10-25 Great Britain annexes the former Boer South African Republic, renaming it the Transvaal Colony
- 1900-12-01 Exiled South African President of Transvaal Paul Kruger visits Flanders and on the same day is declined a visit from the German Kaiser
- 1900-12-02 Exiled South African President of Transvaal Paul Kruger arrives in Germany, though the Kaiser refuses to meet him
- 1900-12-09 President Paul Kruger of South Africa's Transvaal & Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands have a triumphant procession
Boers Conquer Mud River
1901-01-31 Boer Generals Jan Smuts and Koos de la Rey conquer Mud river in Transvaal
- 1902-03-07 Boers beat British troops at Tweebosch, Transvaal
- 1902-05-31 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal
- 1902-10-10 South Africa's President of Transvaal Paul Kruger visits Utrecht
- 1906-12-06 The British grant Transvaal self-government
- 1907-01-12 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
Election of Interest
1907-02-26 Louis Botha Het Volk Party wins a majority in the election in Transvaal, South Africa
- 1907-03-02 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
- 1907-03-22 The new Boer government in the Transvaal passes an Asiatic Registration Bill, that restricts immigration from India
- 1907-06-14 Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers
- 1909-09-20 The British Parliament passes the South Africa Act; it calls for union of Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, and Transvaal; and both English and Dutch as official languages
Gandhi Leaves Tolstoy Farm
1913-01-02 Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal, South Africa
- 1913-10-21 Transvaal women satyagrahis begin defiance activities, hawking without licenses in Vereeniging; they cross the Natal border and encourage the miners in Newcastle to strike
- 1914-01-20 The first group of Transvaal Indian women satyagrahis are released from Pietermaritzburg Prison in South Africa after three months imprisonment
- 1919-05-12 The Transvaal British Indian Association calls a mass meeting to organise opposition to the proposed Asiatics (Land and Trading) Amendment Act; in the Act, Transvaal Indians are prohibited from owning shares in limited companies
- 1922-01-01 Coal miners in the Transvaal, South Africa, embark on a strike in response to a wage cut, which quickly escalated into a large-scale revolt against the government, known as the Rand Rebellion.
- 1983-07-13 The Transvaal Attorney General announces that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and three associates will face terrorism charges, South Africa
- 1984-11-09 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B
- 1986-09-16 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
Cronje 1st Class Debut
1988-01-22 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
- 1993-10-25 Daryll Cullinan hits unbeaten 337 for Transvaal against Northern Transvaal, South African 1st-class cricket record score
- 1995-11-04 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal
- 2004-02-14 In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 25 people, and wounding more than 100 others.
- 2009-10-05 Australia wins cricket's Champions Trophy at Centurion Park in Gauteng, South Africa by 6 wickets (28 balls remaining) v New Zealand; chasing 200, Shane Watson is 105 not out in Australia's 206/4
Famous People from Gauteng
- 1792-12-19 Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Boer leader (led Voortrekkers group to settle Transvaal), born in Graaff-Reinet district, Cape Colony (d. 1852)
- 1853-02-09 Leander Starr Jameson, British colonial politician (led Jameson raid in attempt to overthrow Boer Transvaal government, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1904-08), born in Stranraer, Scotland (d. 1917)
- 1870-03-11 Arthur E Ochse, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), born in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa (d. 1918)
- 1876-04-09 George Shepstone, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal, South Africa (d. 1940)
- 1876-10-07 Louis Tancred, South African cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2 x 50; Transvaal), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1934)
- 1876-11-28 Bert Vogler, South African cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 64 wickets, BB 7/94, 2 x 50; Natal, Transvaal; MCC), born in Swartwater, South Africa (d. 1946)
- 1879-01-25 Dave Nourse, South African cricket all-rounder (45 Tests, 1 x 100, 41 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), born in South Norwood, England (d. 1948)
- 1879-08-07 Johannes Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets, BB 3/64; London County, Transvaal, Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1931)
- 1880-08-17 Percy Sherwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (13 Tests, 1 x 100, 36 dismissals; Transvaal), born in Isipingo, South Africa (d. 1948)
- 1881-04-23 Claude Carter, South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests, 28 wickets, BB 6/50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1952)
- 1881-12-17 Aubrey Faulkner, South African cricket all-rounder (25 Tests, 4 x 100s, TS 204; Transvaal), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1930)
- 1884-02-04 Rolland Beaumont, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests; Transvaal), born in Newcastle, Natal, South Africa (d. 1958)
- 1887-08-02 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket-keeper (23 Tests, 32 dismissals, 2 x 50; Transvaal), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (d. 1936)
- 1891-02-12 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), born in Potchefstroom, South Africa (d. 1969)
- 1893-09-02 Alfred Cooper, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1963)
- 1895-07-04 Eric Marx, South African cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 3 wickets; 240 on FC debut for Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1974)
- 1895-07-21 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Eshowe, South Africa (d. 1939)
- 1897-05-10 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1979)
- 1897-12-16 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province, Transvaal, Oxford University CC) and academic (principal & vice-chancellor University of Cape Town), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1980)
- 1900-07-10 Bob Catterall, South African cricket batsman (24 Tests, 3 x 100s, HS 120; Transvaal, Natal), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1961)
- 1901-06-22 Willem Jacobus du Plooy Erlank (Eitemal), South African poet and professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature at the University of Stellenbosch, born in Wolmaransstad, Transvaal (d. 1984)
- 1903-11-09 Edward van der Merwe, South African cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests in 30's), born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (d. 1971)
- 1903-12-10 William Plomer, South African-British author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa), born in Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1973)
- 1904-06-23 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1948)
- 1904-12-12 Jim Christy, South African cricket batsman (10 Tests; top score 103 1932; Transvaal, Queensland), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1971)
- 1905-07-05 Jock "Herbie" Cameron, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (26 Tests; 51 dismissals, 10 x 50; Eastern Province, Transvaal, Western Province), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1935)
- 1907-12-16 Syd Curnow, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, HS 47; Transvaal), born in Benoni, South Africa (d. 1986)
- 1908-09-08 Johnny Lindsay, South African cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 5 dismissals; North Eastern Transvaal), born in Barkly East, South Africa (d. 1990)
- 1909-07-20 Eric Rowan, South African cricket batsman (26 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 236; Transvaal, Eastern Province), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1993)
- 1909-08-24 Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1998)
- 1909-08-26 Eric Davies, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; East Province, Transvaal), born in King William's Town, South Africa (d. 1976)
- 1909-09-26 Leonard Sachs, British actor (The Good Old Days; John Wesley), born in Roodepoort, Transvaal Colony (now South Africa) (d. 1990)
- 1910-05-14 Ken Viljoen, South African cricket batsman (27 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 124; Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Transvaal), born in Windsorton, South Africa (d. 1974)
- 1910-05-19 Alan Melville, South African cricket batsman (11 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 189; Natal, Oxford University CC, Sussex CCC, Transvaal), born in Carnarvon, South Africa (d. 1983)
- 1910-10-15 Xenophon Balaskas, South African cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/49, 1 x 100, HS 122no; North Cape, Western Province, Transvaal), born in Kimberley, Cape Province (d. 1994)
- 1910-12-02 Bob Newson, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 4 wickets; Transvaal; Rhodesia), born in Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1988)
- 1911-02-06 Dooley Briscoe MC, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal) and soldier (Military Cross 1941), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1941)
- 1911-08-06 Norman Gordon, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 20 wickets; Transvaal), born in Boksburg, South Africa (d. 2014)
- 1913-05-08 Sid James [Solomon Joel Cohen], South African-born British character and comedy actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (d. 1976)
- 1914-12-12 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), born in Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2009)
- 1915-02-26 Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (That Woman & Other Verses), born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal (d. 2007)
- 1916-08-27 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), born in Kimberley, South Africa (d. 1993)
- 1921-02-07 Athol Rowan, South African cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 54 wickets, BB 5/68; Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1998)
- 1923-11-20 Nadine Gordimer, South African author (July's people, Nobel 1991), born in Springs, Transvaal, (d. 2014)
- 1924-05-31 Russell Endean, South African cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 162no, 41 dismissals; Transvaal, MCC), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2003)
- 1924-07-26 Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter and anti-apartheid activist, born in Phokoane, Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (d. 1994)
- 1925-06-19 Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2000)
- 1925-07-25 Scotch Taylor, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal) and executive (president South African Hockey Union), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2004)
- 1925-12-03 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests, top score 92), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2005)
- 1927-01-13 Sydney Brenner, South African biologist known for his contributions on the genetic code and molecular biology (Nobel Laureate 2002), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2019)
- 1927-11-09 Carel Boshoff, South African activist and chairman (Broederbond/Volkswag), born in Nylstroom, Transvaal South Africa (d. 2011)
- 1930-01-19 John Waite, South African cricket wicket-keeper, born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (d. 2011)
Desmond Tutu (1931-2021)
1931-10-07 Anglican Archbishop of South Africa and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal, South Africa
- 1932-02-03 Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, HS 35; Oxford University CC, Northamptonshire CCC, Transvaal), born in Durban, Natal (d. 2013)
F. W. de Klerk (1932-2021)
1932-03-18 South African President (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
- 1932-04-27 (Roelof) "Pik" Botha, South African politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1977-94; Minister of Enegy, 1994-96), born in Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2018)
- 1935-05-29 Denis Worrall, South African politician (DP). diplomat, and academic, born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa (d. 2023)
- 1938-01-22 Corra Dirksen, South African rugby union winger (10 caps; Northern Transvaal), born in Vereeniging, South Africa (d. 2020)
- 1938-05-24 Glen Hall, South African cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test v England 1964), born in Pretoria, Transvaal (d. 1987)
- 1938-06-21 James Botten, South African cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 South African series v England), born in Pretoria, Transvaal (d. 2006)
- 1938-07-04 Cyril Mitchley, South African cricket wicket-keeper (Transvaal, later Test umpire), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
- 1940-10-21 Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz], British rock keyboardist ("Mighty Quinn"; "Blinded By The Light"), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
- 1941-01-31 Eugène Terre'Blanche, South African white supremacist and leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa (d. 2010)
- 1944-02-27 Graeme Pollock, South African cricket batsman (23 Tests @ 60.97, 7 x 100, HS 274; Transvaal, Eastern Province), born in Durban, South Africa
- 1944-03-09 Lee Irvine, South African cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 102; Essex CCC, Natal, Transvaal), born in Durban, South Africa
- 1944-10-10 Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini, South African trade unionist and SACP-leader, born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
- 1945-07-14 Peter Klatzow, South African pianist, composer (Inyanga; Still-life with Moonbeams), and educator, born in Springs, Transvaal, Union of South Africa (d. 2021)
- 1948-07-09 Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, South African classical composer, pianist, and teacher, born in Transvaal, South Africa
- 1949-03-28 Paul Bayvel, South African rugby union scrum-half (10 caps; Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2020)
- 1949-05-30 Bob Willis, English cricket fast bowler and captain (90 Tests, 325 wickets; 64 ODIs; Surrey CCC, MCC, Warwickshire CCC, Northern Transvaal), born in Sunderland, County Durham, England (d. 2019)
- 1949-07-23 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991; Nottinghamshire), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (d. 2015)
- 1949-09-21 Peter Cronjé, South African rugby union center (7 caps; Transvaal, Natal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2020)
- 1949-12-10 Ismail "Pops" Mohamed, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist and producer, born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
- 1952-04-26 Popo Molefe, South African politician and secretary-general (South Africa UDF), born in Sophiatown, Gauteng, South Africa
- 1953-07-31 Jimmy Cook, South African cricket opening batsman (3 Tests), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal
- 1955-04-01 Ockie Oosthuizen, South African rugby union front rower (9 caps; Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2019)
- 1955-06-06 Theuns Stofberg, South African rugby union flanker (21 caps, captain 1980, 81, 84; Orange FS, Northern Transvaal, Western Province), born in Villiers, South Africa (d. 2023)
- 1959-08-24 Adrian Kuiper, South African cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 25 ODIs, 3 x 50, 18 wickets, BB 3/33; Western Province, Derbyshire CCC), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1960-05-31 Peter Winterbottom, British rugby union flanker (58 caps England, 7 British & Irish Lions; Headingley, Harlequins RFC, Hawkes Bay, Transvaal), born in Otley, England
- 1962-01-12 Richie Richardson, West Indies cricket batsman and captain (86 Tests, 16 x 100, HS 194, 90 catches; Leeward Islands, Yorkshire CCC, Northern Transvaal, Windward Islands), born in Five Islands Village, Antigua and Barbuda
- 1962-08-03 Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician ("Remember Me"; "It's Not Easy"), born in Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) (d. 2007)
- 1963-02-09 Mike Rindel, cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton v Pak 1995)
- 1964-10-12 Fanie De Villiers, South African cricket fast bowler (18 Tests, 85 wickets, BB 6/23, 2 x 50s; Northern Transvaal), born in Vereeniging, South Africa
- 1965-07-13 Hannes Strydom, South African rugby union lock (21 Tests; Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Super Rugby Cats), born in Welkom, South Africa (d. 2023)
François Pienaar (57 years old)
1967-01-02 South African rugby union flanker and captain (29 caps; Rugby World Cup 1995; Transvaal, Saracens), born in Vereeniging, South Africa
Dave Matthews (57 years old)
1967-01-09 American singer-songwriter and musician (Dave Matthews Band - "So Much to Say", born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
- 1968-10-24 Adrian Dale, South African cricketer (prolific Glamorgan & England A batsman), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa
- 1972-02-01 Franklyn Rose, West Indian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 53 wickets; 1 x 50; Jamaica, Northamptonshire CCC, Gauteng, Surrey CCC), born in Chalky Hill, Saint Ann, Jamaica
- 1975-07-31 Andrew Hall, South African cricket batsman (21 Tests; HS 163 v India 1st Test 2004), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal
- 1977-03-02 Andrew Strauss, English cricket batsman and captain (100 Tests, 21 x 100s, 7,037 runs; 127 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1981-02-01 Graeme Smith, South African cricket batsman, captain & broadcaster (117 Tests, 9,265 runs @ 48.25, 27 x 100s; HS 277, 197 ODIs; Gauteng, Hampshire CCC, Western Province, Surrey CCC), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1981-07-30 Juan Smith, South African rugby back-rower (70 Tests; RC Toulon, Gauteng Lions, Free State Cheetahs), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa
- 1984-08-31 Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer (US Masters 2011), born in Johannesburg, Gauteng
- 1991-07-08 Devon Conway, New Zealand cricket batsman (7th batsman to score double century on Test debut; 200 v England 2021; Gauteng, Wellington, Somerset CCC), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1992-12-17 Quinton de Kock, South African cricket wicketkeeper (54 Tests, 232 dismissals, 6 x 100, HS 141no; Gauteng + 5 x IPL teams), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Alan Paton
Bobby Locke
Candice Swanepoel
Charlize Theron
Christiaan Barnard
Cyril Ramaphosa