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Paul Kruger
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and State President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900. Nicknamed "Oom Paul", he came to international prominence as the face of the Boer cause—that of the Transvaal and its neighbour the Orange Free State—against Britain during the S…
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politics · South African politician (1825–1904) · politician · also Paul Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, S. J. Paul Krüger, Kruger
Born 10 October 1825 · Died 14 July 1904 · Q244407
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2026· 5 entries
“Until that time, the Cape railway had enjoyed a monopoly, so to speak, of the Johannesburg traffic.”
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“the government will, in the meantime, provisionally, no more commandeer British subjects for personal military service”
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“called by the people. In the voice of the people I have heard the voice of God, the King of Nations, and I obey!”
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“for, with your merry evenings in laager and your Sunday dances, the enemy will even shoot me behind the wall; for God”
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2024· 1 entry
Benzinga.com: Paul Kruger's Net Worth
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2009· 1 entry
Local authorities in St Gallen, Switzerland renamed Krügerstrasse "because of racist associations"
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1954· 1 entry
Over half a century after its construction by Anton van Wouw, a bronze statue of Kruger in his characteristic Dopper suit and top hat was erected in Church Square, Pretoria; Kruger stands atop a plinth surrounded by four
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1910· 1 entry
Kruger remained "a vital force in South African politics and Afrikaner culture"
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1904· 3 entries
Died 1904-07-14.
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“Seek in the past all that is good and beautiful that can be discovered there. Form your ideal accordingly and try to realize that ideal for the future.”
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His body was returned to South Africa for a state funeral, and buried in the Heroes' Acre in Pretoria
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1900· 1 entry
And spent the rest of his life in exile, refusing to return home following the British victory
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1898· 1 entry
Was expanded and dubbed Kruger National Park in 1926
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1892· 1 entry
Amid much scandal over misrepresentation and price gouging
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1891· 1 entry
When he outlawed the Adendorff Trek, another would-be emigration to Mashonaland, over the protests of Joubert and many others
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1889· 1 entry
When he tabled a "second volksraad" in which the uitlanders would have certain matters devolved to them
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1888· 1 entry
1893 and 1898, and led to the Jameson Raid of 1895–1896 and ultimately the Second Boer War
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1886· 1 entry
To a fiscal output equal to the Cape Colony's the following year
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1884· 1 entry
Headed a third deputation that brokered the London Convention, under which Britain recognised the South African Republic as a completely independent state
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1883· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the South African Republic (1883–1900).
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1880· 1 entry
“I can no longer restrain the people, and the English government is entirely responsible for the present state of things.”
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1876· 1 entry
Hostilities broke out with the Bapedi people under Sekhukhune
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1873· 1 entry
Over Boer objections, annexed the area surrounding the huge diamond mine at Kimberley, dubbing it Griqualand West
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1869· 1 entry
Following the intervention of the republic's Swazi allies
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1867· 1 entry
Pretoria sent Kruger to restore law and order in Zoutpansberg
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1863· 1 entry
Was elected Commandant-General, a post he held for a decade; he resigned soon after the election of President Thomas François Burgers
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1855· 1 entry
Appointed an eight-man constitutional commission, including Kruger, which presented a draft constitution in September that year
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1852· 2 entries
And in August that year he took part in the Battle of Dimawe, a raid against the Tswana chief Sechele I
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And over the next decade played a prominent role in the forging of the South African Republic, leading its commandos and resolving disputes between the rival Boer leaders and factions
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1851· 1 entry
That he thought a compromise should be attempted with Pretorius
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1848· 1 entry
Annexed the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers as the "Orange River Sovereignty"
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1847· 1 entry
Kruger married her cousin, Gezina du Plessis, from the Colesberg area
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1845· 2 entries
Kruger was a member of Potgieter's expedition to Delagoa Bay in Mozambique to negotiate a frontier with Portugal; the Lebombo Mountains was settled upon as the border between Boer and Portuguese lands
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While he was hunting rhinoceros along the Steelpoort River, his four-bore elephant gun exploded in his hands and blew off most of his left thumb
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1834· 1 entry
Casper Kruger, his father, and his brothers Gert and Theuns moved their families east and set up farms near the Caledon River, on the Cape Colony's far north-eastern frontier
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1826· 1 entry
Paul Kruger was baptised at Cradock on 19 March 1826.
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1825· 2 entries
Born 1825-10-10.
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger was born on 10 October 1825 at Bulhoek, a farm in the Steynsburg area of the Cape Colony, the third child and second son of Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger (1801–1852), a farmer, and his wife Elsje (Elisa; née Steyn; 1806–1834).
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