List of Famous people with last name Retief

Piet Retief

First Name Piet

Last Name Retief

Born on November 12, 1780

Died on February 6, 1838 (aged 57)

Born in South Africa, Western Cape

Pieter Mauritz Retief was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he assumed command of punitive expeditions in response to raiding parties from the adjacent Xhosa territory. He became a spokesperson for the frontier farmers who voiced their discontent, and wrote the Voortrekkers' declaration at their departure from the colony.

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