What the records say
- When
- 11 Jan 1879 – 4 Jul 1879
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 28.30° S, 31.42° E
- Description
- war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Anglo-Zulu War
British colonial war in 1879
The Anglo-Zulu War, or simply the Zulu War, was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two famous battles of the war were the Zulu victory at Isandlwana and the British defence at Rorke's Drift.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
Includes 10 events
- Zungeni Mountain skirmish1879 · Battle
- Battle of Isandlwana22 Jan 1879 · Battle
- Battle of Rorke's Drift22 Jan 1879 · Battle
- Siege of Eshowe22 Jan 1879 · Siege
- Battle of Inyezane22 Jan 1879 · Battle
- Battle of Intombe12 Mar 1879 · Battle
- Battle of Hlobane28 Mar 1879 · Battle
- Battle of Kambula29 Mar 1879 · Battle
- Battle of Gingindlovu2 Apr 1879 · Battle
- Battle of Ulundi4 Jul 1879 · Battle
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Centane7 Feb 1878 · Battle
- Ninth Xhosa War1877 · War
- Battle of Schuinshoogte8 Feb 1881 · Battle
- Pretoria Convention3 Aug 1881 · Treaty
- Battle of Laing's Nek28 Jan 1881 · Battle
- Majuba Hill27 Feb 1881 · Battle
- Battle of Tshaneni5 Jun 1884 · Battle
- Natal: Non-state territory → United Kingdom (annexation)1884 · Territorial change