State · 1852 – 1902
South African Republic
A state of 1852 – 1902 — 50 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Klein Vrystaat. It was replaced by Transvaal Colony. The atlas records 9 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 7 people, 3 with dated terms.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 50 years
- 1852 – 1902
- Rulers
- 7
- the President of the South African Republic
- Most ground
- 317,600 km²
- in 1895
- Within it
- 9
- recorded rows
- 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
- Klein Vrystaat · replaces · 1886 – 1891
After it
- Transvaal Colony · replaced by · 1902 – 1910
Rulers
The line of President of the South African Republic.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg | 1862 – 1864 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Thomas François Burgers | 1872 – 1877 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Paul Kruger | 1883 – 1900 | 17 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
7 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1862 – 1900. Only 38 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
294,600 km² in 1857, 317,600 km² in 1897; at its largest 317,600 km² in 1897. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
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, undatedCoat of arms of the South African Republic · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samhanin 
flag, 1858 – 1902Flag of Transvaal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Himasaram
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1800 – 18999 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Paul Kruger · ruler · 1825 – 1904
- Sobhuza II · ruler · 1899 – 1982
- Piet Joubert · ruler · 1834 – 1900
- Jameson Raid · battle · 1895 – 1896
- Siege of Mafeking · battle · 1899 – 1900
- Thomas François Burgers · ruler · 1834 – 1881
- Schalk Willem Burger · ruler · 1852 – 1918
- Stephanus Schoeman · ruler · 1810 – 1890
and 1 more in the atlas.
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 stood50 years
stood longer than 34% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held317,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 67% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- 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 record7
has more rulers on record than 73% 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, 1842 – 1912, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1895, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q550374 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.