List of battles in South Africa
List of Battles in South Africa is a list of all military conflicts or battles fought within the borders of South Africa Anglo-Dutch rivalry (1664–1804). Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese navigator, discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. The Dutch settlement in the area began in March 1647. A Dutch expedition of 90 Calvinist settlers, under the command of Jan van Riebeeck, founded the first permanent settlement near the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. Cape Colony established in 1652. 31 December 1687 a community of Huguenots arrived at the Cape from the  Netherlands. See also Huguenots in South Africa. Xhosa Wars. also known as the Kaffir Wars or Cape Frontier Wars or Dispossession Wars Ndwandwe–Zulu War (1817–19). Also known as the Zulu Civil War. The fallout from this war led to the catastrophe known as the Mfeqane. First Boer War (16 December 1880 – 23 March 1881). The British recognised the two Boer Republics in 1852 and 1854, but the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 led to the First Boer War in 1880 and 1881. After British defeats, most heavily at the Battle of Majuba Hill, Transvaal independence was restored subject  to certain conditions, but relations were uneasy. Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902). between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics of the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State.