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Events on Wednesday 3 August 1881 1
1881Pretoria Convention ends First Boer WarBritain grants the Transvaal self-governmentFollowing the Boer victory at Majuba Hill, Britain and the Transvaal signed the Pretoria Convention, restoring Boer self-government under nominal British suzerainty. It formally ended the First Boer War. The settlement left tensions unresolved that would resurface in the Second Boer War two decades later.