1916 in South Africa
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See also: 1915 in South Africa, other events of 1916, 1917 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
[edit] Events
- 15 - 19 July - 766 men from the South African Brigade are killed during the Battle of Delville Wood in South Africa's biggest loss in World War I
[edit] Births
- 12 January - Pieter Willem Botha, Former prime minister and state president of South Africa is born on the farm Telegraaf in Paul Roux district, Orange Free State
- 28 March - Abraham Manie Adelstein, United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician, is born
[edit] Deaths
- 5 June - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener drowns when the HMS Hampshire sinks after being hit by a German mine near the Orkney Islands
