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Martinus Theunis Steyn

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Martinus (or Marthinus) Theunis Steyn (2 October 1857 – 28 November 1916) was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman, sixth and last president of the independent Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902. [1]

40 relations: Afrikaner Bond, Bloemfontein, Boer, British Empire, Carl Borckenhagen, Christiaan de Wet, Deventer, Die Burger, Dunrobin Castle, Dutch Reformed Church, Francis William Reitz, Grey College, Bloemfontein, Guerrilla warfare, Inner Temple, J. B. M. Hertzog, Johannes Brand, Klerksdorp, Leiden University, Myasthenia gravis, National Party (South Africa), Netherlands, Nicolaas Waterboer, Orange Free State, Orange Free State (province), Orange Free State presidential election, 1896, Orange River Convention, Paul Kruger, Politician, Pretoria, Puisne judge, Second Boer War, Sotho people, South African Party, South African Republic, State's attorney, Supreme court, Treaty of Vereeniging, Union of South Africa, Winburg, World Alliance of Reformed Churches.

Afrikaner Bond

The Afrikaner Bond (Afrikaans and Dutch for "Afrikaner Union"; South African Dutch: Afrikander Bond) was founded as an anti-Imperialist political party in 19th century southern Africa.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Boer

Boer is the Dutch and Afrikaans noun for "farmer".

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Carl Borckenhagen

Carl L. F. Borckenhagen (21 February 1852 – 5 February 1898) was an influential journalist and political leader of the Orange Free State, and a founder of the Afrikaner Bond.

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Christiaan de Wet

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet (7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922) was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician.

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Deventer

Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.

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Die Burger

Die Burger (English: The Citizen) is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper, published by Naspers.

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Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, and the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland and the Clan Sutherland.

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Dutch Reformed Church

The Dutch Reformed Church (in or NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation until 1930.

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Francis William Reitz

Francis William Reitz, Jr.

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Grey College, Bloemfontein

Grey College is a public school for boys located in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, one of the 23 Milner Schools.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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J. B. M. Hertzog

General James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog (6 April 1866 – 21 November 1942), was a South African politician and soldier.

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Johannes Brand

Sir Johannes Henricus Brand, (popularly known as Jan Brand and sometimes as John Henry Brand) (6 December 1823, Cape Town – 14 July 1888, Bloemfontein) was a South African lawyer and politician, and the fourth state president of the Orange Free State, from 2 February 1864 until his death in 1888.

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Klerksdorp

Klerksdorp is a city located in the North West Province, South Africa.

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Leiden University

Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Universiteit Leiden), founded in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands.

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Myasthenia gravis

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a long-term neuromuscular disease that leads to varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness.

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National Party (South Africa)

The National Party (Nasionale Party), also known as the Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa founded in 1914 and disbanded in 1997.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Nicolaas Waterboer

Nic(h)olaas Waterboer (1819 - 17 September 1896) was a leader ("Kaptijn") of the Griqua people.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrijstaat, Oranje-Vrystaat, abbreviated as OVS) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which later became a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

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Orange Free State (province)

The Province of the Orange Free State (Provinsie van die Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994.

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Orange Free State presidential election, 1896

Presidential elections were held in the Orange Free State in February 1896.

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Orange River Convention

The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention) was a convention whereby the British formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had previously been known as the Orange River Sovereignty.

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Paul Kruger

Stephanus Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Pretoria

Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng, South Africa.

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Puisne judge

A puisne judge or puisne justice (French: puisné or puîné, "since-born" i.e. "junior") is a dated term for an ordinary judge of a particular court.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.

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Sotho people

The Basotho are a Bantu ethnic group whose ancestors have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century.

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South African Party

The South African Party was a political party that existed in the Union of South Africa from 1911 to 1934.

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South African Republic

The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.

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State's attorney

A state's attorney or state attorney is a lawyer representing the interests of the state in a legal proceeding, typically as a prosecutor.

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Supreme court

A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions.

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Treaty of Vereeniging

The Treaty of Vereeniging (commonly referred to as Peace of Vereeniging) was the peace treaty, signed on 31 May 1902, that ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Republic of the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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Winburg

Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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World Alliance of Reformed Churches

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin.

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MT Steyn, Marthinius Steyn, Marthinus Steijn, Marthinus Steyn, Marthinus T. Steijn, Marthinus Theunis Steijn, Marthinus Theunis Steyn, Martinus Steyn, President Steyn.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinus_Theunis_Steyn

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