| LC control no. | n 81134983 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Retief, Pieter, 1780-1838 |
| Variant(s) | Retief, Piet, 1780-1838 |
| Associated country | South Africa |
| Located | Kwazulu (South Africa) |
| Birth date | 17801112 |
| Death date | 18380206 18370206 |
| Place of birth | Western Cape (South Africa) |
| Place of death | South Africa |
| Affiliation | Afrikaners Great Trek (South Africa) |
| Profession or occupation | Colonists |
| Found in | Franken, J. L. M. Piet Retief, 1949. Encycl. of southern Africa, 1970 (Retief, Pieter) Southern African dict. of nat'l. biogr., 1923 (Retief, Pieter) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Retief, Piet; Piet Mauritz Retief; colonist, murder victim; born 12 November 1780 in Lamiet Vallei, Western Cape province, South Africa; in 1834 joined the Great Trek, the migration of large parties of settlers from the Cape toward the African kingdoms and recruited others to join him (1836); issued a manifesto announcing his decision to leave the colony, the most notable such document produced by the trekkers (1836); his party left the Cape Colony and joined large mass of trekkers at the Orange River (1837); became one of the most prominent leaders in the trekker movement, led them into the Zulu kingdom, a territory that the Europeans called Natal (1837); negotiated with the Zulu king Dingane, was invited to the Zulu capital and killed (1837); later the trekkers established Natalia Republic in the southern half of the Zulu kingdom, named their capital Pietermaritzburg (1839); died 06 February 1837 in South Africa) Encyclopedia of World Biography (Online), viewed June 7, 2015: (Pieter Retie, born on Nov. 12, 1780, at Wagenmakersvallei (modern Wellington, South Africa) to French parents; was a South African emigrant leader, sometimes called the first "president" of the Dutch-speaking people of South Africa; killed on February 6, 1838 in Umgungundlovu) |
| Associated language | dut |
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