Piet Retief

Piet Retief

male, deceased (1838)
those who move forward, South African of Huguenot descent, laager, OrangeRiver, boer, Xhosa
Pieter Retief (usually referred to as Piet Retief), was born about 1780 in the Cape Colony, South Africa, and died 6 February 1838 in what is now...

Adolf Lüderitz

male, deceased (1886)
death by drowning, Business Person, lagos, Tobacco, bremen, From Bremen…OrangeRiver
Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz was a German merchant and founder of the first German colony in Southwest Africa. He was born in Bremen, where he e...

François Le Vaillant

male, deceased (1824)
French, Ornithologist, Explorer of Africa, leiden, surinam, metz…OrangeRiver
François Le Vaillant was a French explorer, collector and ornithologist. Le Vaillant was born in Paramaribo, the capital of Dutch Guiana (...
Jakobus Morenga

Jakobus Morenga

male, deceased (1907)
Rebel, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, German Empire, Namibia, guerilla…OrangeRiver
Jakobus Morenga, also "Jacobus," known as the "black Napoleon," born c. 1875, died September 19, 1907, was an important figure in Namibia, then the...

William Palmer 2nd Earl of Selborne

male, deceased (1942)
William Ewart Gladstone, Diplomatic peer, member of parliament, East Hampshire, liberal, Conservative Party politician…OrangeRiver
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (1859-1942), was a British politician. The son of the 1st Earl, he was educated at Winchester and...