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Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrender in Brandwater Basin

The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of...

The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho. The basin is situated south of Bethlehem and south-east of Senekal, between the Witteberg (White Mountains) to the west and north, the Rooiberge (Red Mountains) to the east, and the Drakensberg over the Caledon River to the south. It is also northwest of the Slaapkrans Basin (Afrikaans: Slaapkransbekken) and the Maloti Mountains on the northern border of Lesotho. Towns in the Brandwater Basin are Fouriesburg, founded in 1892, and Clarens, established in 1912.

Historical Significance

The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho.

Events Before

  1. The government of Cuba is handed over to the US from Spanish rule; American occupation continues until 1902

    The Military Government of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Gobierno militar de los Estados Unidos en las Islas Filipinas; Tagalog: Pamahalaang Militar ng Estados Unidos sa Kapuluang Pilipinas) was a...

  2. Rubber heel for boots or shoes is patented by American Humphrey O'Sullivan

    Rubber heel for boots or shoes is patented by American Humphrey O'Sullivan

  3. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is patented by Felix Hoffmann at the German company Bayer

    Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), an organic compound that does not occur in nature, was first synthesised in 1899.

  4. W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket at age 50 years and 320 days

    W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket at age 50 years and 320 days

  5. American businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess (29ish), until her death in 1910

    American businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess (29ish), until her death in 1910

Events After

  1. The Commonwealth of Australia is formed when the British (Imperial) Parliament Act and the Commonwealth of Australia Con

    The Commonwealth of Australia is formed when the British (Imperial) Parliament Act and the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 come into effect

  2. Tennis champ Charlotte Cooper (30) weds solicitor Alfred Sterry

    Tennis champ Charlotte Cooper (30) weds solicitor Alfred Sterry

  3. Queen Victoria's funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England

    Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles (40 km) west of central London.

  4. Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    Queen Victoria, the British monarch from 1837 to 1901, and Prince Albert (her husband from 1840 until his death in 1861) had 9 children, 42 grandchildren, and 87 great-grandchildren.

  5. Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first federal election

    Sir Edmund "Toby" Barton (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was an Australian politician, barrister and jurist who served as the first prime minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happened on July 31, 1900?
The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho. The basin is situated south of Bethlehem and south-east of Senekal, between the Witteberg (White Mountains) to the west and north, the Rooiberge (Red Mountains) to the east, and the Drakensberg over the Caledon River to the south. It is also northwest of the Slaapkrans Basin (Afrikaans: Slaapkransbekken) and the Maloti Mountains on the northern border of Lesotho.
Why is Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrender in Brandwater Basin significant?
The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho.

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