Timeline
•July 18, 1918 - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Mvezo, Cape Provience South Africa to Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa and Nosekeni Fanny
•1925 - Nelson Mandela attends Primary School. That is where he got the name Nelson.
•1930 - Nelson’s father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa dies of Lung cancer.
•1938 - Attends University of Fort Hare
•1944 - Nelson Mandela marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase. The couple had four children. Two girls and two boys.
•1948 - The Apartheid was started, a system of strict racial segregation and white domination.
•1952 - Nelson Mandela started law school
•December 5, 1956 - Nelson Mandela was arrested with treason charges.
•1958 - Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Ntoko M.ase get divorced
•June 14, 1958 - Nelson Mandela married his 2nd wife Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela and had two daughters.
•August 5, 1962 - Nelson Mandela was arrested again.
•June 12, 1864- Nelson Mandela is sentenced life in prison.
•February 10, 1985 - South Africa’s president, P. W. Botha, offers to free Mr. Mandela if he renounces violence. But, Nelson Mandela refuses his offer.
•November 28, 1985 - Nelson Mandela had to go under surgery because of his severe condition.
•December 7, 1988 - Nelson Mandela is moved to another prison.
•August 15, 1989 - New President F. W. de Klerk pledges to phase out apartheid.
•October 15, 1989 - Prominent Political prisoners are released.
•February 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela is freed from prison.
•April 13, 1992 - Nelson Mandela and Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela separate.
•October 15, 1993 - Nelson Mandela and F. W . De Klerk get the Nobel Peace Prize.
•April 27, 1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa.
•May 10, 1994 - Mr. Mandela took the oath of office in Pretoria to become the president.
•July 18, 1998 - Nelson Mandela gets married at the age of 80 to his 3rd wife Graça Machel the widow of a former president.
•1999 - Nelson Mandela retires from being the South African President.
•June 1, 2004 - Nelson Mandela retires from the public do he can rest, write, and spend time with his family and friends.
•December 8, 2012 - Nelson Mandela is hospitalized and being treated for pneumonia .
•December 5, 2013 - Nelson Mandela dies in his home at the age of 95 due to pneumonia