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| 1898 | Lutuli, Albert |  |
| Bulawayo Africa Birth of Albert Lutuli |
| 1912 | Dube, John Langalibalele | |
| Bloemfontein Africa Founds & leads the forerunner of the Africa National Congress |
| 1912 | Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate | |
| Engcobo Africa Birth of Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu |
| 1918 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Umtata Africa Birth of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
| 1940 | Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate | |
| Appointed Member of the ANC |
| 1942 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| 18th June Birth of Thabo Mbeki |
| 1943 | Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate | |
| Appointed Treasurer of the ANC Youth League |
| Helps fond the activist ANC Youth League |
| 1944 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Appointed Member of the ANC |
| 1944 | Sobukwe, Robert | |
| Dec Appointed Member of the ANC Youth League |
| 1948 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Appointed Member of the Native Representitive Council |
| 1949 | Moroka, James | |
| Appointed President-General of the ANC |
| 1949 | Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate | |
| Appointed Secretary-General of the ANC |
| 1950 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Appointed President of the ANC Youth League |
| Helps found the ANC Youth League |
| 1950 | Moroka, James | |
| The ANC launch "Freedom Day" against racial discrimination |
| Mar Johannesburg Africa The ANC adopts the "Programme of Action" |
| 26th June The ANC calls for a National Day of Protest & Mourning |
| 1951 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Appointed Provincial President of the ANC |
| 1952 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Dec Appointed President-General of the ANC, 1st term |
| 1952 | Mandela, Daniel Francois | |
| 9th Feb Johannesburg Africa The forced evacuation confirms Mandela's belief in armed & violent resistance |
| 1952 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Appointed Deputy National President of the ANC |
| Johannesburg Africa Given a 9 month suspended sentence & forbidden to leave Johannesburg for 6 months |
| Johannesburg Africa Jointly sets up the 1st black law practice in Johannesburg, Mandela & Tambo |
| 26th June Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe SouthAfrica curfew |
| 1952 | Modise, Joe | |
| 8th Feb Johannesburg Africa Address es a meeting of 500 activists opposed to forced removals from Sophiatown |
| 1954 | Sobukwe, Robert | |
| Appointed Secretary of the ANC Standerton Branch |
| 1955 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Appointed President-General of the ANC, 2nd term |
| 1955 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| 9th Jan Johannesburg Africa Decides that there is no alternative to armed & violent resistance |
| 1956 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Pretoria Africa Arrested for treason although never tried |
| 1956 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Appointed Member of the ANC |
| 1958 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Appointed President-General of the ANC, 3rd term |
| 1958 | Sobukwe, Robert | |
| Advocates breaking away from the ANC & forms the Pan Africanist Congress |
| 1959 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Banned & confined to the Lower Tugela District for 5 yrs |
| Dec Durban Africa A conference is held during Durban's anti-pass demonstrations |
| Dec Durban Africa Conference votes to initiate an anti-pass law campaign with a pass bonfire 26th June |
| 1959 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Lovedale Africa Expelled from Lovedale School for leading a student strike |
| 1960 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Mar Arrested for 5 months |
| 21st Mar The PAC announces it will launch it's own anti-pass law campaign |
| 26th Mar Pretoria Africa Publicly burns his pass during a demonstration |
| 28th Mar Cape Town Africa 50,000 demonstrate against the pass laws in the township of Langa |
| 28th Mar The ANC's Day of Mourning for the Sharpeville Massacre |
| 28th Mar The ANC's national stay-at-home day |
| 31st Mar 1st day of the ANC campaign against the Pass Laws |
| 31st Mar Durban Africa Anti-Pass Law deptutations are sent to local authorities |
| 1960 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Pretoria Africa Appointed Leader of the ANC's army, Umkhonto Wesizwe, "spear of the nation" |
| Helps found the military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto We Sizwe |
| Pretoria Africa The ANC flees to Mozambique & develops a military wing, Umkhonto We Sizwe |
| 26th Mar Orlando Africa Publicly burns his pass in front of the press |
| 8th April Membership of the ANC & the PAC is punishable by imprisonment |
| 8th April The ANC is banned until 1990 |
| 8th Aug Mandela 1st gives evidence at his trial |
| Sep The ANC decides to go underground & dispense with it's constitutional procedures |
| 1960 | Nokwe, Duma | |
| 26th Mar Orlando Africa Publicly burns his pass in front of the press |
| 1960 | Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| 8th April The ANC & PAC are banned by the Unlawful Organizations Act |
| 1961 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| Mar Oslo Africa Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace |
| 1961 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Supports the idea of a national convention |
| Pretoria Africa The ANC is banned from SouthAfrica |
| 29th Mar The Judge dismisses the case because the ANC is not a communist organization |
| May Incites strike action |
| June Durban Africa Authorized by Congress to form a military organization, separate from the ANC |
| June Durban Africa Raises the question of armed struggle with the National Executive |
| June Raises the question of armed struggle with the Working Committee |
| 26th June Releases a press release calling for a national constitutional convention |
| 26th June Threatens a nationwide campaign of non-co-operation |
| Nov Founds the High Command of the Umkhonto we Sizwe |
| Nov Founds Umkhonto we Sizwe, "The Spear of the Nation" |
| 16th Dec Bombs are exploded at power stations & government offices by Umkhonto we Sizwe |
| 16th Dec Leaflets are circulated nationally announcing the birth of Umkhonto we Sizwe |
| 31st Dec Bombs are exploded at power stations & government offices by Umkhonto we Sizwe |
| 1961 | Molife, Petrus | |
| 16th Dec Killed during the planting of bombs at power stations & government offices by Umkhonto |
| 1961 | Sisulu, Walter | |
| Founds Umkhonto, "The Spear of the Nation", member of the High Command |
| 1961 | Slovo, Joe | |
| Founds Umkhonto, "The Spear of the Nation", member of the High Command |
| 1962 | Hepple, Bob | |
| 15th Oct Pretoria Africa Opening day of the Nelson Mandela trial, legal adviser to Mandela |
| 1962 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Addis Ababa Africa ANC delegate at the Pan-African Freedom Movement for East, Central & Southern Africa |
| Addis Ababa Africa Leaves Sth Africa illegally to attend the Conference |
| Pretoria Africa The ANC sets up a "Free Nelson Mandela" Committee |
| 5th Aug Cedara Africa Arrested by the Sth African police, described in the press as the "Black Pimpernel" |
| Oct Lobatse Africa The ANC holds it's 1st annual conference since 1959, in Bechuanaland |
| Oct Lobatse Africa The Conference links the ANC with the MK, the Umkhonto military wing |
| Nov Pretoria Africa Mandela is convicted of incitement & leaving the country illegally, given 5 yrs |
| Nov Pretoria Africa Mandela represents himself & has Joe Slovo as a legal adviser |
| 1962 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Arrested for belonging to the banned ANC |
| Illegally leaves Sth Africa for England |
| 1962 | Slovo, Joe | |
| Nov Mandela represents himself & has Joe Slovo as a legal adviser |
| 1963 | Fischer, Bram | |
| 29th Oct Pretoria Africa Succesfully defends Mandela |
| 29th Oct Pretoria Africa The indictments against Mandela are quashed but Mandela is arrested again in Court |
| 1963 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| July Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment |
| 9th Oct Pretoria Africa Mandela is indicted with sabotage & conspiracy |
| 9th Oct Pretoria Africa Opening day of the Nelson Mandela trial, the Rivonia Trial |
| 29th Oct Pretoria Africa 1st day of the trial following the reading of the indictments on 9th Oct |
| 29th Oct Pretoria Africa Arrested again in court on further charges of sabotage |
| 29th Oct Pretoria Africa The indictments against Mandela are quashed but Mandela is arrested again in Court |
| Dec Pretoria Africa Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage |
| 1963 | Motsoaledi, Caroline | |
| 9th Oct Held under the Ninety-Day Detention Act |
| 1963 | Mtolo, Bruno | |
| Dec Pretoria Africa Main witness for the state against Mandela |
| 1963 | Sisulu, Albertina | |
| 9th Oct Held under the Ninety-Day Detention Act |
| 1963 | Sisulu, Walter | |
| 29th Oct Pretoria Africa Arrested again in court on further charges of sabotage |
| Dec Pretoria Africa Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage |
| 1964 | Bernstein, Rusty | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Chaskalson, Arthur | |
| Pretoria Africa Defence counsel |
| 1964 | de Wet, Quartus | |
| Pretoria Africa Judge in the Rivonia trial |
| 1964 | Jeffrey, Joel | |
| Pretoria Africa Attorney for Nelson Mandella |
| 1964 | Kantor, James | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Kathrada, Ahmed | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| 2nd Feb President de Klerk announces his intention to release Nelson Mandela |
| 29th Feb Pretoria Africa Closing day of the state's case against Mandela |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Opening day of Mandella's defence |
| 20th May Pretoria Africa Yutar sums up the prosection's case against Mandela in the Rivonia trial |
| 1964 | Mbeki, Govan | |
| Arrested with Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Mhlaba, Raymond | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Mlangeni, Andrew | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Motsoaledi, Elias | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Sisulu, Walter | |
| 20th April Pretoria Africa Tried alongside Nelson Mendella |
| 1964 | Wet, Quartus de | |
| Pretoria Africa Judge in the Rivonia trial |
| 1964 | Yutar, Percy | |
| 20th May Pretoria Africa Yutar sums up the prosection's case against Mandela in the Rivonia trial |
| 1966 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Sussex Africa Graduates with an MA in economics from Susses University |
| 1967 | Lutuli, Albert | |
| The ANC & ZAPU agree to support each other in armed struggle |
| Mar Deatg of Albert Lutuli, run over by a train |
| 1967 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Moscow Africa Receives guerilla fighter training in Moscow |
| 1971 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Lusaka Africa Appointed Assistant Secretary to the ANC to its Revolutionary Council |
| 1975 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Appointed Member of the ANC National Executive |
| 1978 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Appointed Political Secretary to President Oliver Tambo of the ANC |
| 1985 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| 10th Feb Nelson Mandela rejects Botha's offer of conditional release |
| 1985 | Slovo, Joe | |
| Pretoria Africa Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Umkhonto we Sizwe |
| 1986 | Sisulu, Zwelakhe | |
| 26th June Sth African journalist Zwelakhe is Sisulu arrested |
| 1987 | Mbeki, Govan | |
| Govan Mbeki is released |
| 1988 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| 11th June London Africa 80,000 pack Wembley stadium to celebrate Mandela's 70th birthday |
| 11th June London Africa The Wembley celebrations are broadcast to 1 billion worldwide |
| 17th July London Africa 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute |
| 1989 | Aswat, Abu Baker | |
| Abu Baker Aswat, a Soweto doctor, is killed, Thulani Dlamini is later convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, in 1997 Dlamini testifies in that Winnie Madikizela Mandela paid him for the murder |
| 1989 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| 2nd Feb Announces the lifting of the ban on the ANC during the opening of Parliament |
| 1989 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Harare Africa Declares the government must end the State of Emergency |
| Harare Africa Declares the government must lift bans on political parties |
| Harare Africa Declares the government must release political prisoners |
| Harare Africa Declares the government must remove troops from the townships |
| No racial group should have precedence |
| The ANC formulate a "5yr plan" for "group rights" |
| 2nd Feb Pretoria Africa President de Klerk announces his intention to lift the ANC ban |
| 11th Feb Robben Island Africa Mandela is released from prison |
| 11th Feb Cape Town Africa Released from the Victor Verster prison after 27 years |
| 2nd Mar Appointed Deputy President of the African National Congress |
| 10th Oct de Klerk announces the release of Mandela |
| 1989 | Sisulu, Walter | |
| 10th Oct de Klerk announces the release of Sisulu |
| 1990 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| 2nd Feb Announces lifting the 30 yr ANC ban, prohibited since Sharpville in 1960 |
| May Negotiations between Mandela & de Klerk begin |
| Aug The ANC announce the suspension of the "armed struggle" |
| 1990 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Jan Robben Island Africa President de Klerk & Nelson Mandela hold talks |
| 2nd Feb de Klerk announces lifting the 30 yr ANC ban, prohibited since Sharpville in 1960 |
| 11th Feb Robben Island Africa Mandela is released from prison after 27yrs |
| May Negotiations between Mandela & de Klerk begin |
| Aug The ANC announce the suspension of the "armed struggle" |
| 1990 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Negotiates with the Sth African government & President de Klerk |
| Returns to Sth Africa after the ANC ban is lifted |
| 1990 | Tambo, Oliver | |
| Aug Arrested by the Sth African police, described in the press as the "Black Pimpernel" |
| 1991 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| The ANC is legalized |
| 1991 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| 1st Feb A "national peace accord" is agreed between the Inkatha, ANC & National Party |
| April Pretoria Africa The ANC rules out any veto for minority groups in a post-apartheid society |
| 5th June SouthAfrican troops plunder Mandela's dwelling |
| 26th June ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress |
| 2nd July The first national conference of the ANC, since the organization was banned in 1960, begins in Durban, SouthAfrica, Oliver Tambo, whose health is suffering, hands over the presidency of the ANC to Nelson Mandela |
| Sep Calls a conference attended by the Inkatha Freedom Party, the ANC & the National Party |
| 1991 | Sisulu, Walter | |
| 2nd July Walter Sisulu is elected Deputy President of the ANC |
| 1991 | Tambo, Oliver | |
| 2nd July The first national conference of the ANC, since the organization was banned in 1960, begins in Durban, SouthAfrica, Oliver Tambo, whose health is suffering, hands over the presidency of the ANC to Nelson Mandela |
| 1992 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| June The legal system of Apartheid is repealed |
| 17th June Bipatong Africa The Bipatong massacre causes the ANC to withdraw from constitutional talks |
| 1993 | Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| 12th Feb The ANC & NP agree on a transistional government of "National Unity" |
| 1993 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| De Klerk abandons the principle of power sharing & majority rule until 1999 |
| Mandela & de Klerk agree to a government of national unity after elections |
| 12th Feb The ANC & NP agree on a transistional government of "National Unity" |
| 1993 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Appointed Chairman of the ANC |
| 1997 | Dlamini, Thulani | |
| Abu Baker Aswat, a Soweto doctor, was killed, Thulani Dlamini is later convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, Dlamini testifies in that Winnie Madikizela Mandela paid him for the murder |
| 1997 | Mandela, Winnie | |
| Abu Baker Aswat, a Soweto doctor, was killed, Thulani Dlamini is later convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, Dlamini testifies in that Winnie Madikizela Mandela paid him for the murder |
| 1997 | Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |
| Appointed President of the ANC |
| 2004 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
