Polity Republic of Lydenburg

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Was a Boer Republic (independent republics formed by Durch-speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony that wanted to be independent from the British Cape Colony).

Establishment

  • January 1857: The town of Lydenburg became the capital of the Lydenburg Republic ('De Republiek Lydenburg in Zuid Afrika') in 1856.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1858: The Republic of Utrecht is renamed Republic of Lydenburg.
  • December 1859: Lydenburg merged with the ZAR. .

Disestablishment

  • December 1859: Lydenburg merged with the ZAR. .