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    Andries Hendrik Potgieter, known as Hendrik Potgieter (19 December 1792 – 16 December 1852) was a Voortrekker leader. He served as the first head of state...
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    Mokopane, was named in Potgieter's memory in 1907. When Andries Hendrik Potgieter died in 1852, he left his son, cmdt.genl. Piet Potgieter, in charge of the...
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    Ohrigstad (redirect from Andries Ohrigstad)
    established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter with the help of a Dutch merchant Gregorius Ohrig. The settlers...
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    Dec 1845 Johannes Hermanus Grobler, 20 Jan 1846 - 22 Jan 1846 Andries Hendrik Potgieter, 27 Jan 1846 - 27 Jan 1846 Johannes Gerhardus Stephanus Bronkhorst...
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  • who was executed for war crimes Andries Hendrik Potgieter (1792–1852), South African Voortrekker and politician Andries Pretorius (1798–1853), South African...
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    It carries the names of the Voortrekker leaders: Piet Uys, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Andries Pretorius, Piet Retief and Gerrit Maritz. The lengths of the...
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    Kleinfontein near Pretoria. Voortrekker leaders Sarel Cilliers Andries Hendrik Potgieter Andries Pretorius Piet Retief Great trek Racheltjie de Beer Dirkie...
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    by Voortrekkers in 1845, and is named after Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter, and G. G. Ohrig, an Amsterdam trader who wanted to cultivate...
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    Bronkhorst who had arrived north of the Vaal with the Trek Party of Andries Hendrik Potgieter. The Bronkhorsts had settled near Fountains Valley along the Apies...
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  • Gansbaai, Western Cape 16 March – Voortrekker leaders, Andries Pretorius and Hendrik Potgieter reconcile Copper mining begins at Springbokfontein 25 June...
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    World Cup. In the 1840s, Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter established Zoutpansbergdorp, a town 100 km (62 mi) to the north...
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  • War General Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter: Second Boer War General Hendrik Potgieter: Voortrekker leader Paul Hendrik Roux: Boer General Nicolaas Smit:...
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    Mountains, he convinced Voortrekker leaders Gerrit Maritz and Andries Hendrik Potgieter to join him in January 1838. On Retief's second visit to Dingane...
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    Also instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic. Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Great Trek leader was born on 19 December 1792 in Graaff-Reinet...
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  • which was first settled by Europeans under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter. The Voortrekker Fort was built circa. 1847 by early pioneering...
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    Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter was elected as chief commandant. In October 1840, after a meeting between Potgieter, Andries Pretorius and G...
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  • of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth (b. 1796) December 16 – Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Voortrekker leader (b. 1792) date unknown – Joanna Żubr, Polish...
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  • athlete Gary Player, golfer Graeme Pollock, cricketer Andries Hendrik Potgieter, voortrekker Andries Pretorius, voortrekker, Pretoria founder Piet Retief...
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  • the first syllable comes from the surname of the town's founder Andries Hendrik Potgieter Schweizer Reneke – Captain Schweizer and Field Cornet Reneke Ventersdorp...
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  • operations in the basin. In November 1838 Voortrekker leader Andries Hendrik Potgieter and his followers established the first permanent European settlement...
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  • Napier. Andries-Ohringstad Republic 1845 A fort was established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter with the...
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    the names of the principal Voortrekker leaders: Piet Uys, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, Andries Pretorius, Piet Retief and Gerrit Maritz; the lengths of the...
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  • George Young is appointed Governor of the Cape 19 December 1792 – Hendrik Potgieter, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony 1 March...
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    stone fort was built by the Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter. It was presumably erected in 1842 to serve as a shelter for the...
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  • stone fort was built by the Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter. It was presumably erected in 1842 to serve as a shelter for women...
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    Heerden) of the political figure state-head Pieter Johannes Potgieter, arch-antagonist of Andries Pretorius. Elsie Maria Aletta had children with both political...
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    and Jan van Rensburg split off from Hendrik Potgieter's group, and continued on to establish Zoutpansberg. Potgieter's group remained at the Vet river and...
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  • Krugel, Hendrik van der Nes, Cornelis van der Nes, Stoffel Rudolph Botha, Willem Adriaan Nel, Thomas Andries Dreyer, Johannes Bronkhorst, Hendrik Petrus...
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  • Andries Gerhardus de Wet (district of Carnarvon, Cape Colony, 5 July 1876 – Windhoek, South West Africa, 26 April 1930) was a South African soldier and...
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  • Silkaats) ordered another attack. The Voortrekkers, under the command of Andries Potgieter, repulsed them, but at the cost of abandoning their livestock. On...
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