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Piet Retief

1780 - 1838

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Pieter Mauritz Retief (12 November 1780 – 6 February 1838) was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he later assumed command of punitive expeditions during the sixth Xhosa War. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent, and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony.He was a leading figure during their Great Trek, and at one stage their elected governor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piet Retief has received more than 313,316 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Piet Retief is the 311th most popular explorer (up from 314th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 77th in 2019) and the most popular South African Explorer.

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  • 17

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  • 2.66

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Piet Retief ranks 311 out of 405Before him are Karl Maximovich, Friedrich Welwitsch, Humphrey Gilbert, Kristian Prestrud, Louis Jolliet, and Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs. After him are Isidore of Charax, Edward John Eyre, John C. Frémont, Charles Wilkes, Alexander Burnes, and Pyotr Kozlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Piet Retief ranks 36Before him are Élie, duc Decazes, Alexey Venetsianov, Fulgencio Yegros, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, August Leopold Crelle, and José Joaquín de Olmedo. After him are Elizabeth Fry, Karoline von Günderrode, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Michele Tenore, Johann Friedrich Adam, and Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro. Among people deceased in 1838, Piet Retief ranks 25Before him are José Bonifácio de Andrada, Joseph Lancaster, William Clark, Osceola, Ferenc Kölcsey, and Kaspar Maria von Sternberg. After him are Maximilian von Montgelas, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Frédéric Cuvier, Ludwig Abeille, Ignaz von Rudhart, and Thomas Andrew Knight.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Piet Retief ranks 73 out of 374Before him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Steve Nash (1974), Nico Diederichs (1903), and Ronald Harwood (1934). After him are Laurens van der Post (1906), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Evelyn Mase (1922), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Deon Meyer (1958), and Oliver Tambo (1917).

Among EXPLORERS In South Africa

Among explorers born in South Africa, Piet Retief ranks 1