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The Eureka Diamond was found near Hopetown on the Orange River by a 15-year-old boy named Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs in 1867. Soon afterward, Schalk Van Niekerk entrusted the stone to John O'Reilly, who took it to Colesberg to inquire as to its nature and value. The stone came under the view of the acting Civil Commissioner Lorenzo Boyes, who on ...
Daniel Erasmus was born the third child and eldest son to Daniel Elardus (2) Erasmus (also known as Daantjie Doornkloof, George, Cape Colony, 22 September 1815 – Doornkloof, district Pretoria, Transvaal, 15 April 1875) and Susara "Sarie" Margaretha Jacobs(z) (Cradock, Cape Colony, 30 June 1818 – Doornkloof, Pretoria, before 3 October 1871).
Daniel Jacobus Erasmus (nickname 'van Straten'/'van Straat', Somerset East, Cape Colony, 1830 - Bethal District, Transvaal, 1913) was a South African Boer commander and politician. He was a member of the Transvaal Volksraad and served as the acting president of Transvaal between 1871 and 1872.
The shepherd sold the stone for the hefty price of 500 sheep, 10 oxen and a horse to Schalk van Niekerk, a neighbouring farmer locally famous for having acquired a 21-and-a-quarter carat diamond in 1866 after it was found by a 15-year-old boy, Erasmus Jacobs, which he had sold for a good price.
Mining has been the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced economy. Large-scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery and exploitation of the Kimberley pipes a few years later
This is a list of members of the Portland City Council in Oregon, both past and present. [1] [2]From 1913 to 2025, the city operated under a commission form of government, where all 5 members of the council, officially called the City Commission, were elected at-large.
Jaco Erasmus (born 31 July 1979) is a South African-born Italian rugby union naturalized player. [1] He plays as a flanker. He played for Rugby Viadana [1] where he gained qualification for the Italian national team. In March 2008 he received a call up to the national team by fellow South African Nick Mallett. [2] He currently plays for Rugby ...
Erasmus, Desiderius, and Beatus Rhenanus. Christian Humanism and the Reformation: Selected Writings of Erasmus, with His Life by Beatus Rhenanus and a Biographical Sketch by the Editor. Fordham Univ Press, 1987. Jacobs, Alan. The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. Oxford University Press, 2018. Oser, Lee.