Nelson Mandela time line

1918-was born in Qunu, near Umtatan .



1944- he helped found the ANC Youth League,


1952- he opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa. 



 1962-he had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.


1990 - he was release from the prison.


 1994 - was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999. 


1993- he  was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk.


2013-he died.