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1918
Nelson Mandela born in Mvezo, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. -
1925
Mandela begins primary school near his home village of Qunu. -
1930
Mandela’s father Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry Mandela dies. -
1940
nelson was expelled from university for joining in a protest boycott. -
1941
Fleeing an arranged marriage, Mandela moves to Johannesburg and works briefly as a night watchman on a gold mine. -
1956
Mandela and 150 others arrested and charged with treason. The marathon Treason Trial of 1956 to 1961 followed. All charges were eventually dropped. -
1962
After travelling abroad, and being on the run for 17 months, Mandela is arrested near Howick in Natal and imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort. He would only be free again in 1990, 28 years later. -
1963
While Mandela is in prison, police arrest prominent ANC leaders at their hideout on Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, north of Johannesburg. -
2013
Nelson Mandela had passed away and he lived till he was 93 years old.