- 1918- born at Qunu neat Umtata.
- 1944- found the ANC Youth League
- 1949- Program of Action was adopted by the ANC.
- 1952- opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.
- 1960- changed the whole political climate.
- 1962- arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1990- released from prison.
- 1993- awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1994- inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa.
- 1999- President until June.