1900, 25 April - Boer War: Relief of Jammersberg Drift
The relief columns under Generals Hart and Barbazon arrive at Wepener. General De Wet returns to his primary goal of disrupting British supply lines.
1902, 25 April - Boer War: Surrender
General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. He is joined by Deneys Reitz who agrees to act as Smuts' orderly. However, on discovering that orderlies are not treated as officers, Reitz is instantly promoted to chief-of-staff.
1905, 25 April
A new constitution is given to the former Boer republic of Transvaal.
1941, 25 April - World War II: North Africa
General Erwin Rommel's Deutsches Afrika Korps forces the British out of Halfaya Pass, just southeast of Sollum, and back to the Buq Buq-Sofafi line in Egypt.
1961, 25 April
Fourth nuclear bomb test by French in the Sahara.
1986, 25 April
Two hundred Libyan students are deported from Britain.
1994, 25 April
Last day of white rule in South Africa is marked by the beginning of a bombing campaign.
