1820, 9 April
The first contingent of British settlers arrive at Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth). Over the next few weeks they make their way to allotted homesteads in the district of Albany.
1860, 9 April
Birth of Emily Hobhouse.
1900, 9 April - Boer War: Kroonstadt
British forces are defeated by the Boers at Kroonstadt.
1900, 9 April - Boer War: Battle of Jammersberg Drift
In the initial battle at Jammersberg Drift, Chief Commandant De Wet surrounds the encamped British forces. Despite fortifications the British lose 21 killed and 75 wounded.
1901, 9 April - Boer War: Concentration Camps
On her 41st birthday, Emily Hobhouse visits the Mafeking concentration camp.
1902, 9 April - Boer War: Peace
Delegations from the Zuid Afrikaansche Republick (ZAR, South African Republic) and Oranje Vrij Staat (Orange Free State, OFS) meet at Klerksdorp to discuss peace negotiations with Britain .
1926, 9 April
John Davidson Rockefeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt.
1936, 9 April
Italy announces its plan to create a 'puppet' state in Ethiopia.
1960, 9 April
South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd is wounded in an attempted assassination by a disgruntled white farmer, David Pratt, at the Rand Easter Show.
1993, 9 April
After a UN Security Council vote to continue sanctions against Libya, Britain is accused of "a hidden hatred and an historical racism."
1996, 9 April
An evacuation of foreigners from Liberia is undertaken with US helicopters after thousands flock to the US diplomatic compound for safety.
1999, 9 April
President, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara of Niger, leader of the Union Nationale des Indépendants pour la Renouveau Démocratique (UNIRD, Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal) and formally military Chairman of the National Salvation Council), is shot during a military coup. Although the incident is described by Niger's prime minister, Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, as a "tragic accident", Nigerien diplomats in neighboring countries have admitted that he was shot by his own Presidential Guard.
A new "government of national reconciliation" was announced, and took power on 11 April under the rule of Chairman Dauoda Malam Wanké (previously a Major in the army). Chairman Wanké pledged to hold national elections within the year, and a new president, Mamadou Tandja of the Mouvement National de la Societé de Développement (MNSD, National Movement for the Developing Society), was elected on 22 December 1999.
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