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| 1816 |
| | | Shaka wins control of the Zulu and begins to build them into a formidable military machine | |
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| 1822 |
| | | Mzilikazi, after a quarrel with Shaka, leads the Ndebele people to new territories west of Natal | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Shaka is murdered by his half-brother Dingaan, who becomes leader of the Zulu in his place | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Hendrik Potgieter sets off with some 200 Boers and their cattle at the start of the Great Trek to the north | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Piet Retief emerges as the new leader of the Great Trek, replacing Potgieter | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Piet Retief reaches a provisional agreement with Dingaan, the Zulu leader, for a Boer settlement in southern Natal | |
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| 1838 |
| | | During a ceremony to celebrate their treaty with Dingaan, Piet Retief and his Boer companions are overpowered and killed | |
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| 1838 |
| | | Dingaan's warriors massacre Boer families in a series of dawn raids near the Bloukrans river | |
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| 1838 |
| | | The river Ncome becomes known as the Blood River after thousands of Zulu die attacking Andries Pretorius and the Boers | |
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| 1840 |
| | | With Boer help, Mpande removes his brother Dingaan from the Zulu throne and takes his place | |
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