Paul Kruger

Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), fondly known as Oom Paul (Afrikaans for "Uncle Paul"), was a prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and president of the Transvaal Republic in South Africa.

Exile

On 11 October 1899, the Second Boer War broke out. On 7 May the following year, Kruger attended the last session of the Volksraad, and left Pretoria on 29 May as Lord Roberts was advancing on the town. For weeks he either stayed in a house at Waterval-Onder or in his railway carriage at Machadodorp in the then Eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. In October, he left South Africa on the battleship De Gelderland, sent by the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina. His wife was too ill to travel and remained in South Africa; she died on 20 July 1901.

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11 October - 1899 - Second Boer War - 7 May - The following year - 29 May - Lord Roberts - Waterval-Onder - Machadodorp - Mpumalanga - De Gelderland - Dutch - Queen Wilhelmina - 20 July - 1901

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Kruger went to Marseille and stayed for a while in The Netherlands, before moving to Clarens, Switzerland, where he died on 14 July 1904. He was buried on 16 December 1904 in the Church Street cemetery, Pretoria.

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Marseille - Clarens - Switzerland - 14 July - 1904 - 16 December - Pretoria

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