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Orange Free State and South African Republic

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Difference between Orange Free State and South African Republic

Orange Free State vs. South African Republic

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. 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.

Similarities between Orange Free State and South African Republic

Orange Free State and South African Republic have 29 things in common (in Unionpedia): Afrikaans, Andries Pretorius, Battle of Blood River, Burgher (Boer republics), Cape Colony, Diplomatic recognition, Dutch language, Dutch Reformed Church, Jacobsdal, Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, Jameson Raid, London Convention (1884), Lydenburg, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Paul Kruger, Potchefstroom, Pretoria, Reformed Churches in South Africa, Sand River Convention, Second Boer War, South Africa, Southern Africa, Treaty of Vereeniging, Union of South Africa, Vaal River, Volksraad, Wakkerstroom, Zoutpansberg, Zulu language.

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Andries Pretorius

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 179823 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa.

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Battle of Blood River

The Battle of Blood River (Slag van Bloedrivier; iMpi yaseNcome) is the name given for the battle fought between 470 Voortrekkers ("Pioneers"), led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated "10 000 to 15 000" Zulu on the bank of the Ncome River on 16 December 1838, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Burgher (Boer republics)

In the South African Boer republics of the 19th century, a burgher was a fully enfranchised citizen.

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Cape Colony

The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), was a British colony in present-day South Africa, named after the Cape of Good Hope.

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Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state (may be also a recognized state).

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Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

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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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Jacobsdal

Jacobsdal is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa with various crops under irrigation, such as grapes, potatoes, lucerne and groundnuts.

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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff

Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (31 January 1808 – 21 April 1881) was a South African (Boer) statesman, member of the Voortrekker movement, and the second state president of the Orange Free State, in office from 1855 to 1859.

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Jameson Raid

The Jameson Raid (29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Company troops ("police" in the employ of Beit and Rhodes' British South Africa Company) and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895–96.

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London Convention (1884)

The London Convention was a treaty made in 1884 between the United Kingdom, as the paramount power in South Africa, and the South African Republic.

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Lydenburg

Lydenburg is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic.

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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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Potchefstroom

Potchefstroom is an academic city in the North-West Province of South Africa.

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Pretoria

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

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Reformed Churches in South Africa

The Reformed Churches in South Africa is a Christian denomination in South Africa that was formed in 1859 in Rustenburg.

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Sand River Convention

The Sand River Convention was a convention whereby Great Britain formally recognised the independence of the South African Republic.

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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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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries.

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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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Vaal River

The Vaal River is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa.

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Volksraad

The Volksraad (English: "People's Council") was the parliament of the former South African Republic (ZAR), which existed from 1857 to 1902 in part of what is now South Africa.

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Wakkerstroom

Wakkerstroom, (Awake Stream), is the second oldest town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

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Zoutpansberg

Zoutpansberg was the north-eastern division of the Transvaal, South Africa.

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Zulu language

Zulu (Zulu: isiZulu) is the language of the Zulu people, with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa.

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Orange Free State and South African Republic Comparison

Orange Free State has 158 relations, while South African Republic has 110. As they have in common 29, the Jaccard index is 10.82% = 29 / (158 + 110).

References

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