Polity Griqualand East

This article is about the specific polity Griqualand East and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a Griqua state in South Africa in the second half of the XIX century.

Establishment

  • January 1863: A group of Griquas who had left the Cape of Good Hope in the 18th century, and had settled in the area around present-day Philippolis in 1826 faced the prospect of their area coming under the control of the emerging Orange Free State. Therefore they founded the independent state of Griqualand East in the are of modern-day Kokstad.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

Disestablishment

  • January 1875: The territory of eastern Griqualand was occupied by the British Empire and became a colony in 1874, shortly before the death of its founder and only leader, Adam Kok III.