Natalia Republic

State · 1840–1910 CE · at its largest around 1900 CE

A short-lived Boer republic in present-day KwaZulu-Natal founded by Voortrekkers, which Britain annexed as the Colony of Natal in 1843.

On its lands while it lasted

• Mfecane (c. 1815–1840 CE): Period of widespread warfare and population upheaval in southern Africa linked to the rise of the Zulu kingdom and other states.
• Battle of Isandlwana (1879 CE): Zulu army defeated a British force on 22 January 1879 at the start of the Anglo-Zulu War, one of the worst defeats of a colonial army by an African force.
• Vryheid (1884 CE): Capital of Nieuwe Republiek (1885–1888).

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