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==Events== ;April * The Transvaal government orders Asiatics to move into Locations specified by the government before 1 July. ;May * 4 – Cape Town based food packaging company Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company is founded in London.〔(Measuring Worth ), Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount – average earnings, retrieved on 27 December 2010〕 * 5 – Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner of South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony, sends a telegram to Joseph Chamberlain urging him to intervene in the South African Republic. ;October * 1 – Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman, aka Bosman de Ravelli, a concert pianist and composer, leaves South Africa for London. * 11 – The South African Republic declares war on Britain and launches the Second Boer War which only ends in 1902. * 13 – Second Boer War: Siege of Mafeking begins. * 14 – Kimberley comes under siege by the Boers. * 20 – Second Boer War: Battle of Talana Hill: In the first major clash of the conflict, near Dundee, Natal, the British Army drives the Boers from a hilltop position, but with heavy casualties, including their commanding general Sir Penn Symons. * 30 – The Siege of Ladysmith begins. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1899 in South Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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