Piet Retief

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

12 November 1780

Born on the same birth day (12 November): David Ellefson • Errol Brown • Grant Nicholas • Ignazio Abate • Judith Roitman • Nur Fettahoğlu • Paolo Banchero • Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley • Vic Chesnutt

Born in the same month (November 1780): Conradin Kreutzer • José Cecilio del Valle • Nicolai Wergeland • Ranjit Singh