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Born December 19, 1792 • Graaff-Reinet • South Africa
Died December 16, 1852 (aged 59) • Transvaal • South Africa
Role In Battle of Blood River • Great Trek
Andries Pretorius, portrait (artist unknown).
Andries Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Joubert, Petrus Jacobus
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
South African politician
Piet Retief
Piet Retief
Boer leader
de la Rey, Jacobus Hercules
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Boer leader
Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
Boer general
Salomon Gerhardus Maritz
South African general
Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger
South African statesman
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
Burgers, Thomas François
Thomas François Burgers
president of Transvaal
Isaac Schapera
South African anthropologist
Beyers
C.F. Beyers
South African politician
Dingane
Zulu king of Natal
Barney Barnato
British financier
Sir Donald Currie
British shipowner and politician
Robert Broom
South African paleontologist
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma
president of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa
Cyril Ramaphosa
president of South Africa