Battle of Rorke's Drift
1879 · Event
~150 British soldiers hold off ~4,000 Zulu warriors a day after Isandlwana; eleven Victoria Crosses awarded.
On these timelines: The Zulu War, United Kingdom (combined), England, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
More from The Zulu War
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- Battle of Isandlwana (1879)
- Battle of Ulundi (1879)
- Frere's ultimatum to the Zulus (1878)
- Cetshwayo captured — and received by the Queen (1879)
- The Prince Imperial killed in Zululand (1879)
- The siege of Eshowe (1879)
Around 1879
- Berlin Conference / Scramble for Africa (1884)
- German unification (1871)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Bismarck's chancellorship (1871)
- Vladimir Lenin (1870)
- Founding of the German Empire (1871)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Franco-Prussian War (1870)