Nov departure on the ship Kandaze on the journey to Africa to initiate the missionary services to the Galla, an African tribe in Ethiopia
1859
May, together with missionaries Kroger and Glatthaar, founding of the mission station Müden at the confluence of the Tugela and the Mooi rivers;
1861
Jan 2 married Sophia Friedericke MARIA Fromme on board of the ship Kandaze in the Durban harbour
1862
Oct 9 named the chairperson (Vorsteher) of the South Zululand mission district
1863
Feb 26 death during childbirth of first wife, Maria Fromme, in Isingisingi / Emvujini mission station
1864
May 29 baptism of Utobiane, the first convert in his mission
1865
Return to Germany
Nov 14 death and burial of Pastor Louis Harms, his mentor and missionary supervisor. Heinrich was the only active missionary in Hermannsburg at the time of this burial
1866
Apr 4 marriage to his second wife, Mathilde Beer in Riessen / Steyerberg, Germany
1867
Apr 22 birth of son Friedrich Prigge at Emvujini Mission Station, Zululand, South Africa
1870
Feb 17 birth of son Heinrich Georg Friedrich Prigge (place of birth unknown)
1871
Dec purchase of 4,250 morgen land from Corneels Potgieter in the Marthinus Wessels district (later Wakkerstroom district) and named it Goedehoop (officially transferred only on 17 Feb 1873)
1872
Apr 26 birth of twins Theodor Prigge and Wilhelmine Christine Katherine Prigge (place of birth unknown)
Nov 1872 death of infant son Theodor Prigge at Hermannsburg, South Africa
1873
birth of son Anton Prigge (place of birth unknown)
1875
Sep 30 birth of daughter Charlotte Luise Katharina Prigge at Goedehoop, Transvaal, South Africa
1876
Oct 7 birth of son Johannes Christian Heinrich Prigge at Goedehoop, Transvaal, South Africa
1877
Nov 9 birth of daughter Mathilde Wilhelmine Emilie Elisabeth Prigge at Goedehoop, Transvaal, South Africa
1879
Jan 17 birth of daughter Louise Prigge at Goedehoop, Transvaal, South Africa
Zulu War, the Prigge family leaves Goedehoop for 9 months to stay on the farmstead Gryshoek, district Wakkerstroom, Goedehoop ransacked repeatedly
1881
First Anglo Boer War
1882
Dec 23 birth of daughter Maria Katherine Augusta Prigge at Goedehoop, Transvaal, South Africa
1885
Jan 8 birth of son Ulrich Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Prigge at Goedehoop, Transvaal, South Africa
1892
Separation from the Hermannsburg Mission Society and establishment of a separate Hannoverian Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in South Africa, Heinrich was appointed as Superintendent by the Bleckmar Mission
1893
second, larger homestead built in Goedehoop, double storied surrounded by a verandah and garden. The first house served as bedrooms.
1896
Trip to Germany to advocate for the interest in the mission work in South Africa. is named as Präses of the South African Ev.-Luth. Free Church
1899
Oct 11 start of the Second Anglo Boer War
death of son Anton Prigge in the Anglo Boer War in Talane / Dundee, South Africa. Three other sons were in active military duty on the side of the boers.
1900
Jan 13 death of wife Mathilde Beer (place of death unknown) and burial in Goedehoop, Transvaal , South Africa
Feb 15 was forced by British troops to leave Goedehoop with his daughters to be taken Dartnell’s camp in Bergen. Three weeks later transferred to Burghers Camp Volksrust
Through the intervention of missionary Hellberg and minister Hinne, the Prigge family is allowed to move to Kirchdorf / Pietermaritzburg until the end of the war.
1902
May 31 end of the Second Anglo Boer War through the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging
Oct 30 return to devastated Goedehoop
Relocation of Goedehoop mission station to adjacent farmstead Quellwasser.
1915
Establishment of a German-speaking church, congregation and school at Goedehoop on land donated by Heinrich
