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Anglo-Zulu War

war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879
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Anglo-Zulu War
Alphonse de Neuville · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Anglo-Zulu War is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location: South Africa[3]
  • Commons category: Anglo-Zulu War[4]
  • Start time: January 11, 1879[5]
  • End time: July 4, 1879[6]
  • Participant: British Empire[7], Zulu Kingdom[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anglo-Zulu War[9]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

Anglo-Zulu War has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Cetshwayo kaMpande Napoléon, Prince Imperial South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → South Africa
    Harper's tag → zulu-war-1879
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: zulu-war-1879, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969728|zulu war 1879 (#289969728)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 18w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0239935-zulska-valka-1879
    Namuwiki id → 줄루 전쟁
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki id: 줄루 전쟁"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → +1879-01-11T00:00:00Z
    End time → +1879-07-04T00:00:00Z
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → war
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536537805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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