The Second Boer War was fought in southern Africa between the United Kingdom and the two Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Tensions had grown over British influence after gold was found on the Witwatersrand, the rights of foreign workers and the Jameson Raid. The Boers won early victories and besieged Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking, but British reinforcements turned the tide and captured the main towns. The Boers then waged a guerrilla war, which the British countered with scorched-earth tactics and concentration camps in which many Boer civilians and black Africans died of disease. The Treaty of Vereeniging ended the war and the territories were absorbed into the Union of South Africa in 1910.
Before and after
- 13 August 1899Birth of Alfred Hitchcock
- 24 August 1899Birth of Jorge Luis Borges
- 31 August 1899Founding of Olympique de Marseille
- 11 October 1899Boer Wars
- from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902Second Boer War
- 19 October 1899Birth of Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 13 November 1899Birth of Huang Xianfan
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
- 16 December 1899Founding of AC Milan
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