Andries Pretorius, South African general (born 1798)

Andries Pretorius

South African politician (1798–1853)

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa. The large city of Pretoria, executive capital of South Africa,…