1879: Zulu king captured
King Cetshwayo, the last great ruler of Zululand, is captured by the British following his defeat in the British-Zulu War. He was subsequently sent into exile. Cetshwayo's defiance of British rule in southern Africa led to Britain's invasion of Zululand in 1879. At Isandlwana and Hlobane Mountain, the British suffered grave defeats against Cetshwayo's warriors, but in March the tide turned against the Zulus at the Battle of Khambula. At
Ulundi in July, Cetshwayo's forces were utterly defeated, and the Zulus surrendered. In 1887, faced with continuing rebellious activity,
Britain formally annexed Zululand. In 1897, it became a part of Natal, which joined
the Union of
South Africa in 1910.
1996
Official end of the 15 year marriage of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales.1990
Iraq declares the occupied country of
Kuwait to be the 19th province of
Iraq. Kuwait City is renamed Kadhima with a district named after the Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein. 1988
33 people are killed when three
Italian air force jets collide during an aerobatic display at Ramtein in West
Germany. 1986
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is at the re-opening of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in which she and senior
Conservative Party members had been staying in 1983 when it was bombed by the
IRA. 1983
Menachim Begin announces his resignation as Prime Minister of
Israel. 1973
Princess Anne becomes the first member of the British Royal Family to visit the
Soviet Union - arriving in Kieve to ride for
Britain in an equestrian event.
1963
Black American
civil rights leader
Martin Luther King makes his famous speech 'I have a dream...' to a rally of more than 200,000 in Washington.
1947
Spanish millionaire matador, Manolette, is killed in the ring by a
bull. 1945
World War II: US forces commanded by General George Marshall, land in Japan- within a few days of the official
Japanese surrender following the dropping of atom bombs on the Japanese cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
1933
For the first time, British police use the
BBC to help find a wanted man. An appeal is broadcast for information on the whereabouts of murder suspect Stanley Hobday.
1914
World War I: Battle of Heligoland Bight, the first major naval battle of the war. between British and
German warships in the North Sea. British casualities numbered 33 killed. The German Navy lost four ships and more than 1,000 men.
1895
R.L Thomas, secretary and treasurer of the Kinestoscope Co of New Jersey, US, becomes the world's first film
actor, playing the part of Queen
Elizabeth I in the execution of
Mary Queen of Scots. 1879
In southern Africa,
Zulu chief
Cetewayo is captured by British at the end of the Zulu Wars.
1850
The English Channel telegraph cable is finally laid between Dover and Cap Gris Nez.1850
Hungarian composer Franz Liszt conducts the first performance of Richard Wagner's opera
Lohengrin containing the Bridal Chorus - now better known as 'Here Comes the Bride'.
1640
English forces lead by Lord Conway are defeated by the Scots at the Battle of Newburn near Newcastle.1207
In England, Liverpool is created a
borough by King John.
1998
Reverend Dr Donald English, chairman of theWorld Methodist Council, dies aged 68.1987
American actor and film
director John Huston.
1972
Prince William of Gloucester dies in a plane crash.
