The Afrikaans Wikipedia is the edition of the free online encyclopedia in Afrikaans, a language that developed from seventeenth-century Dutch in southern Africa and is spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. It was one of the first non-English editions of Wikipedia, begun in the first year of the whole project, and has been written by volunteers ever since. It covers topics ranging from South African geography and history to science and popular culture, and it provides a way for speakers to find information in their own language. Afrikaans has several million native speakers and many more second-language speakers.
Before and after
- 23 October 2001Release of Grand Theft Auto III
- 29 October 2001Release of Wayback Machine
- from 6 November 2001 to 24 May 2010Premiere of 24
- 9 November 2001Construction of Dolby Theatre
- 16 November 2001Release of Afrikaans Wikipedia
- from 25 November 2001 to 1 December 2001Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
- 29 November 2001Death of George Harrison
- 1 December 2001Publication of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- 6 December 2001Release of Basque Wikipedia
More in Science & technology
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1971Email
- 1973Mobile phone
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.