Murder of Piet Retief

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The Murder of Piet Retief was a pivotal 1838 killing of the Voortrekker leader and his delegation by Zulu King Dingane, an event that dramatically escalated conflict during the Great Trek in South Africa.

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Murder of Piet Retief canonical 1
Retief massacre 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
killing ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Retief massacre ⓘ
burialPlace near present-day Hlomo amabuto ⓘ
cause dispute over land cession in Natal ⓘ
tensions between Voortrekkers and Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
conflict Voortrekker–Zulu conflict ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
date 1838-02-06 ⓘ
ethnicContext Voortrekkers ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
followedBy Voortrekker commando campaigns against the Zulu ⓘ
massacre of Voortrekker camps along the Bloukrans River ⓘ
hasMainSubject Dingane kaSenzangakhona ⓘ
Piet Retief ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Natal ⓘ
involvedParty Voortrekkers ⓘ
Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
languageContext Afrikaans ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
locatedIn KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
uMgungundlovu ⓘ
method execution by clubbing ⓘ
impalement of bodies ⓘ
numberOfVictims approximately 100 ⓘ
orderedBy Dingane kaSenzangakhona ⓘ
partOf Great Trek ⓘ
perpetrator Dingane kaSenzangakhona ⓘ
placeOfDeath uMgungundlovu ⓘ
precededBy negotiations between Piet Retief and Dingane ⓘ
signing of a land cession agreement ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Blood River ⓘ
Great Trek ⓘ
relatedPerson Andries Pretorius ⓘ
Mpande kaSenzangakhona ⓘ
result Battle of Blood River ⓘ
Battle of Italeni ⓘ
Voortrekker retaliation ⓘ
escalation of Voortrekker–Zulu hostilities ⓘ
significance key event in Afrikaner historical memory ⓘ
major episode in Zulu–Boer relations ⓘ
turning point in the Great Trek ⓘ
victim Piet Retief ⓘ
Voortrekker delegation ⓘ
year 1838 ⓘ

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Great Trek → significantEvent → Murder of Piet Retief ⓘ
Murder of Piet Retief → alsoKnownAs → Retief massacre ⓘ
linked to: Murder of Piet Retief