"The Griquas or Baastards, a mixed race sprung from the
intercourse of the 'Boers' [of South Africa] with their
Hottentot slaves," migrated from Cape Colony after the
Emancipation Act of 1833, "and, under the chiefs Waterboer and
Adam Kok, settled in the country north of the confluence of
the Orange and Vaal, the present Griqualand West.
Subsequently, in 1852, Adam Kok's section of the Griquas again
migrated to the territory then called No Man's Land, between
Kafraria and southern Natal, now known as Griqualand East, or
New Griqualand. … In consequence of the discovery of
diamonds in the Griqua country in 1867, and the rush thither
of thousands of Europeans from all the surrounding states, as
well as from Europe, America, and Australia, the chief
Waterboer ceded his rights to the British Government, and this
region was annexed to the Cape Colony as the
Lieutenant-Governorship of Griqualand West in 1871."
_Hellwald-Johnston,
Africa (Stanford's Compendium),
chapter 23, section 5._
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GRISONS, The.
Achievement of democratic independence.
See SWITZERLAND: A. D. 1396-1499.
GRISONS: The Valtelline revolt and war.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1624-1626.
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GROCHOW, Battles of (1831).
See POLAND: A. D. 1830-1832.
GROL, Capture of (1627).
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1621-1633.
GRONENBURG: A. D. 1593.
Capture by Prince Maurice.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1588-1593.
GROS VENTRE INDIANS, The.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: HIDATSA,
and ALGONQUIAN FAMILY.
GROSS BEEREN, Battle of.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1813 (AUGUST).
GROSS GÖRSCHEN, OR LUTZEN, Battle of.
See GERMANY: A. D. 1813 (APRIL-MAY).
GROSSE RATH, The.
See SWITZERLAND: A. D. 1848-1890.
GROSSWARDEIN, Treaty of.
See HUNGARY: A. D. 1526-1567.
GROTIUS, HUGO, Imprisonment and escape of.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1603-1619.
GROVETON, Battle of.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1862 (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER).
GRUTHUNGI, The.
See GOTHS (VISIGOTHS): A. D. 376.
GRÜTLI, OR RÜTLI, The Meadow of.
See SWITZERLAND: THE THREE FOREST CANTONS.
GRYNEUM, The Oracle of.
See ORACLES OF THE GREEKS.
GUADACELITO OR SALADO, Battle of (1340).
See SPAIN: A. D. 1273-1460.
GUADALETE, Battle of the.
See SPAIN: A. D. 711-713.
GUADALOUPE HIDALGO, Treaty of.
See MEXICO: A. D. 1848.