1916 in South Africa

"See also:"
1915 in South Africa,
other events of 1916,
1917 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* 15 - 19 July - 766 men from the South African Brigade are killed during the Battle of Delville Wood in South Africa's biggest loss in World War I

Births

* 12 January - Pieter Willem Botha, Former prime minister and state president of South Africa is born on the farm Telegraaf in Paul Roux district, Orange Free State
* 28 March - Abraham Manie Adelstein, United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician, is born

Deaths

* 5 June - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener drowns when the HMS Hampshire sinks after being hit by a German mine near the Orkney Islands. Fritz Joubert Duquesne, a confirmed Boer and German spy, claims to have sabotaged the HMS Hampshire and becomes known as: "The man who killed Kitchner" (also the title of a book by Clement Wood).
* 28 November - Martinus Theunis Steyn, last State President of the Orange Free State, dies at Bloemfontein while addressing a meeting. He was 59 years old.


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