State · 1902 – 1910
Orange River Colony
A state of 1902 – 1910 — 8 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Orange Free State. It was replaced by Orange Free State (province). Its line of rulers holds 2 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 8 years
- 1902 – 1910
- Rulers
- 2
- the Monarch
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Orange Free State · replaces · 1854 – 1902
After it
- Orange Free State (province) · replaced by · 1910 – 1994
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1910. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The colony ceased to exist in 1910, when it was absorbed into the Union of South Africa as the Orange Free State Province.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward VII | 1902 – 1910 | 8 years | ending not on record | |
| George V | 1910 – 1910 | under a year | ending not on record | child |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1902 – 1910. Only 8 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.78, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedOrange River Colony coat of arms · CC BY-SA 4.0 · This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: 
flag, undatedFlag of Orange River Colony · CC BY 2.5 · Philip Ronan
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood8 years
stood longer than 16% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1892 – 1920, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1906, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1142179 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.