1965: Elected Honorary President of the
Students' Union at University of Leeds
1973: A nuclear particle
was discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds
and is named "Mandela particle"
1975: Honorary life membership of the Students' Union at University of
London
1979: Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law
at University of Lesotho,
Maseru
1980: Awarded for International
Understanding by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations
1981: Freedom of the City of Glasgow.
1981: Road named after Mandela by the
London Borough of
Brent
1981: Received Bruno Kreisky Award for merit in the field of human rights, by the International Panel of
Judges
1982: Elected Honorary Life President
of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political
Science
1983: Honorary citizenship of Rome
1983: Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece
1983: Honorary Doctorate of Laws
at the City College of New
York
1983: City Council of Dublin,Ireland, unveiled
sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink
dedicated to Nelson Mandela, on 26 June
1983: Award of the order Star of International Friendship in gold by the German Democratic
Republic
1983: City Council of Harlow,United Kingdom,
renamed one of its major roads in honor of Nelson
Mandela
1983: AUEW/TASS,
one of United Kingdom's major trade unions, held a special ceremony to rename
their executive committee room the 'Nelson Mandela
Room'
1983: Freedom of London Borough of
Greenwich,
20 July
1983: UNESCO awards its
first Simon Bolivar International Prizejointly to Nelson Mandela and King Juan Carlos of Spain
at a ceremony in Caracas,Venezuela, on the
200th anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar
1983: City Council of Leeds,
United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela
Gardens'
1983: Park in Hull, United
Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
1983: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
Lancaster University,
United Kingdom
1983: The Students Unions of Warwick University,
Coventry Polytechnic and South Bank Polytechnic named rooms in honor of Nelson
Mandela
1983: New York City
renamed square in front of South African mission to the United Nations
'Nelson and Winnie Mandela Plaza'
1984: Honorary Degree from Free University of
Brussels
1984: London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has
its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
1984: London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson
Mandela
1984: Playa Giron Award,
awarded by Fidel Castro
1984: Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government
Officers
1984: London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson
Mandela
1984: Monument to Nelson Mandela
unveiled in Merrion Square,
Dublin
1984: Elected Honorary Member of the
Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
1984: Freedom of the City of Wijnegem,Belgium
1984: Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic
Republic
1984: Freedom of the City of Aberdeenconferred on both Nelson and Winnie
Mandela
1984: School in German Democratic
Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'
1985: Revenue Staff Federation,
United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson
Mandela
1985: London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela
Way'
1985: Nottingham
City Council names a room in a sports
centre
1985: The Third World Prize,
awarded annually by the London-based Third World Foundation for Social and Economic
Studies, awarded
jointly to Nelson and Winnie Mandela
1985: Awarded freedom of the City of
Hull, United
Kingdom.
1985: Awarded the Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights
Prize by Human Rights
Institute of The Bar of Bordeaux
1985: Nigerian
writers organisation, Writers and Journalists Against Apartheid, confers title
of Life Patron
1985: Town of Huddersfieldin
West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela
Corner
1985: Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
1985: Honorary citizenship of the State
of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
1985: Diploma of Honour and Friendship
from the University of Rio de
Janeiro
1985: Statue of Nelson Mandela erected
in London by Greater London Council,
unveiled by Oliver Tambo
1985: Senegal's
President Abdou Diouf
inaugurates SowetoSquare and
Nelson Mandela Avenue in the centre of Dakar, Senegal
1985: Awarded Doctor of Laws
degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria,
1986: Elected Honorary Life President
of the National Union of Mineworkers of South
Africa
1986: Awarded the W E B DuBois International Medal by the National Association for the Advancement
of Coloured People
1986: Coventry City Council named
new building after Mandela
1986: Presented with the Alfonso Comin
Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona,
Spain
1986: Freedom of the Borough of
Islwyn,
Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson
Mandela
1986: International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, StockholmSweden
1986: Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the
Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia
1986: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
University of Zimbabwe
1986: Park in Leicester, England,
named after Mandela
1986: Honorary membership awarded to
Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of
Seamen
1986: St George's Place in Glasgow,Scotland,
the location of the South African consulate is renamed Nelson Mandela
Place.
1986: Made Honorary Freeman of
Newcastle
1987: First person to receive the
Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia
1987: Honorary Degrees, Winnie and
Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University
Medical School in the Caribbean
1987: Named Patron of Isipingo
and District Football Association,
Natal
1987: Honorary Degree from University of Michigan
1987: Honorary Degree from University of Havana
1987: Honorary Citizen in the city of
Florence
1987: Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University
of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig
1987: Dutch football player Ruud Gullit
dedicates his European Footballer of the Yearaward to Nelson
Mandela
1988: Park in Montreal
named "Parc Winnie-et-Nelson-Mandela" (Winnie's name was removed in
1998)
1988: Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of
Germany
1988: Nelson and Winnie Mandela given
honorary membership of the National Union of
Teachers
1988: Awarded freedom of the City
of Dublin, Ireland
1988: Awarded the Sakharov Prize for
Freedom of Thought, by the European Parliament
1988: Honorary Doctorate conferred,
University of Carabobo,
Venezuela
1988: People ofLefkada,Greece,
award the Medal of Peace
1988: Honorary citizenship conferred by
nine Greek municipalities: Egaleo, Ellenikon,
Glyfada,Ilioupolis,
Daissariani,
New Filadelfia,
Nikaea, Prevezaand
Zogrofu
1988: Honorary degree in Political
Science awarded by the University of Bologna
1988: Honorary citizenship
bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy,
1988: Awarded the United Nations
Human Rights Fourth Award
1988: Nelson Mandela Road
named, New Delhi, India
1989: Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega,
President of Nicaragua,
Managua
1989: Freedom of the Municipality of
Kwekwe,
Zimbabwe.
1989: Awarded Peace Prize of the
Tipperary Peace
Committee
1989: Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson
Mandela Platz', Nuremberg,
Germany
1989: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
York University,
Toronto,Canada
1989: Square in Clayes-sous-Bois,
France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square'
1990: Lenin Peace Prize
Medal
1990: Made Honorary Life
President of National Union of Mineworkers when he addressed its Central
Committee
1990: Granted freedom of the City
of Harare, Zimbabwe
1990: 'Mandela Day', a public
holiday declared in Zimbabwe on March 5
1990: Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize,
he was the last-ever recipient.
1990: Bestowed the Dr António Agostinho Neto
Order, the highest honour of the People's Republic of Angola
1990: Bestowed the award 'Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria',
Lagos
1990: Awarded the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human
Rights in Tripoli,Libya
1990: Honorary degree in political
science by the Cairo University,
Egypt
1990: Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian
award
1990: Doctorate, honoris causa,
conferred by University of Malaya
1990: Honorary Doctorate in law,
University of the Western Cape,Bellville,
Cape Town
1990: Honorary Doctor of Laws,
University of Cape Town
1991: Honorary LL.D Degree conferred,
University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg
1991: Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights
Prize
1991: Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prizeby UNESCO
1992: Installed as Chancellor of
the University of the North
1992: Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by
the University of Fort
Hare
1992: Honorary Doctorate conferred at
the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal
1992: Presented with the Freedom of
Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg
1992: Pakistanconferred
the Nishan-e-Pakistan
1992: Prince of Asturias Award for International
Cooperation
1992: Received the "Spirit of
Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award
ceremony
1992: Received the Isitwalandwe Medal
from the ANC.
1992: Awarded the Atatürk International Peace Prize by Turkey, but
refused the award citing human rights violations committed by Turkey during
that time.[12]He later accepted the
award in 1999.
1993: Bill Clinton
presented Mandela with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on July 4, 1993
1993: Received Gleitsman
Foundation International Activist Award,
Johannesburg
1993: Received Philadelphia Liberty Medal. Presented by President of the United StatesBill Clinton
1993: Honorary Degree conferred,
Clark Atlanta
University
1993: Received Apostolic
Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg
1993: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
from Soochow University
1993: Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding,
1993: Received Honorary Degree
from the Free University of Brussels,
Belgium
1993: Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway, on December 10
1993: Named Person of the Year
by Time Magazine
1994: Received the New
Nation/Engen Man of the Year Flame of Distinction
award
1994: Elected Newsmaker of the
Year, with Deputy President F W de Klerk, by the Johannesburg Press
Club
1994: Received the Hunger
Project's 8th annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of
Hunger, London
1994: Received Anne Frank
medal for human rights and tolerance,
Johannesburg
1994: Received Sheikh Yusuf
Peace Award from the Muslim Women's
Federation
1994: Received the Arthur A Houghton
Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American
Institute
1994: Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service
Award from Africare
1994: Honorary Doctorate from Howard University
1994: Received freedom of the town of
Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
1994: Received the Olympic Gold Order
from International Olympic Committee president, Juan Antonio Samaranch,
Cape Town
1994: Received Man of the Year
Award from the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Southern Africa,
Johannesburg
1994: 1994: Honorary Doctorate awarded
by University of South
Africa
1994: Awarded the "Commonwealth
Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the
Commonwealth Games, Canada
1995: Africa Peace Award
- sponsored jointly by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of
Disputes (ACCORD) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) - presented at a ceremony in
Durban
1995: Appointed an honorary member of
the Order of Merit by
Queen Elizabeth II
1995: 'Nelson Mandela Road' to
Katse, Lesotho,
inaugurated, 13 July
1995: Received Pretoria Press
Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award,
Pretoria
1995: Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage
1995: Awarded Honorary Fellowship
of the College of Medicine of South Africa,
Johannesburg
1995: Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year
Award
1995: Human Rights Institute,
with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the
International Bar Association
1996: Awarded honorary fellowship of
the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
1996: Indira GandhiAward for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award
received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi,
India
1996: Received the World Citizenship Award of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts
1996: U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy
1996: Created Knight of the Order of the Elephant
by the Danish Queen Margrethe II,
Copenhagen
1996: Awarded the National Order of
Mali(Grande
Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako
1996: Received the Freedom of the
City of London, London
1996: Received the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Diploma of the University of Oxford and honorary degrees
1996: Received Honorary Doctorate from
Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris
1996: Received Honorary Doctorate from
Stellenbosch
University
1996: Received the Freedom of
Heidelberg
1996: Awarded The Battle of Adwa and
the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal by the Crown Council of Ethiopia
1997: Nelson Mandela's former house in
Soweto, Johannesburg,
now Mandela Family Museum.
1997: Mandela Family Museum
opens in Soweto
1997: Awarded Honorary Degree by the
University of the
Philippines
1997: Created Knight of the Royal
Swedish Order of the Seraphim
1997: Received Freedom of the City of
Pietermaritzburg
1997: Received Freedom of the City of
Bloemfontein
1997: Baker Avenue in Central
Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela
Avenue
1997: Received Freedom of Boksburg
1997: Received Freedom of Oxford,
United Kingdom
1997: Awarded Honorary Doctorate from
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,Thailand
1997: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape
Town
1997: Received the American
Public Health Association Presidential Citation,
Pretoria
1997: Awarded the Collar of the Nile
by President Hosni Mubarakof Egypt, Cairo
1997: Received Freedom of City of
Edinburgh,
Scotland
1997: Received Freedom of City of
Cape Town
1997: Received Honorary Degree from the
University of Pretoria,
Pretoria
1997: Multi-purpose room at SUNY Binghamton
renamed Nelson Mandela's Room
1998: Received Honorary Doctoral
Degree from the University of South Australia, University of Fort
Hare
1998: Awarded Honorary Doctorate from
University of Zululand
1998: Awarded the Freedom of the
City and County of Cardiff, Cardiff
1998: Awarded the Chris HaniAward at
the 10th National Congress of the South African Communist Party, Johannesburg
1998: Awarded Honorary Degree by the
University of
Mauritius
1998: Park in Montreal named
again "Parc Nelson-Mandela"
1998: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by
Harvard University
1998: Awarded Congressional Gold
Medal
1998: Appointed Honorary Companion of
the Order of Canada by
the Governor General of Canada on behalf of the Queen of Canada
1998: Nelson Mandela public
school named in his honor in Toronto.
1998: Presented with Award in Recognition of his Contribution to Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom by the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa
1998: Created a Knight Grand Cross of
the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olavby the King of Norway.
1999: Received the Deutscher
Medienpreis, Baden-Baden,
Germany
1999: Awarded the Oneness-Peace
Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award,
Pretoria
1999: Received the Golden Medal of the
City of Amsterdam,
Netherlands
1999: Received honorary doctorate from
Leiden University,
Netherlands
1999: Awarded the Freedom of the
City of Durban, Durban
1999: Received Honorary Doctorate from
the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1999: Received Ukraine's Highest
Decoration, the First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape
Town
1999: Received Jesse Owens
Global Award, Johannesburg
1999: Received insignia of Honor
from the African Renaissance Institute,
Johannesburg
1999: Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws
from the University of Botswana,
Gaborone
1999: Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University,
Houston
1999: Awarded the Freedom of the
City of Lydenburg
1999: Appointed Honorary Companion of
the Order of Australia
1999: Was among 18 included in
Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th
Century, from a poll
conducted of the American people
1999: Awarded honorary doctorate from
Uppsala University, Sweden
1999: Presented with Temple of Understanding Annual Award to Religious and Political Leaders for Outstanding Service to
Humanity, Cape Town
1999: Presented with the Gandhi-King Award
by the World Movement for Nonviolenceat the World Parliament of Religions, Cape Town
1999: Listed as one of the 100
most influential people of the 20th century by Time
magazine
1999: Accepted the Atatürk International Peace Prize from Turkey
1999: Created Knight of the
Dutch/Luxembourgian Order of the Gold Lion of the House of
Nassau, Netherlands
2000: Nelson Mandela National
Museum
2000: The Nelson Mandela National Museumis officially opened in
Soweto
2000: Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws
by Trinity College,
Dublin
2000: Appointed honorary Queen's Counsel by
the House of Lords,
United Kingdom
2000: Awarded SABS Gold Medal,
Sandton
2000: BT Ethnic Multicultural
Media Award, London
2000: Received World Methodist
Peace Award, London
2000: International Freedom
Award, Memphis, Tennessee
2000: Elected an Honorary Member of the
Bertrand Russell Society, autumn
2000: Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law
from the University of Technology, Sydney,
Australia
2000: Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters
from the Australian National
University
2001: International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New
Delhi
2001: Made an Honorary Freeman of
Leeds
2001: Made an Honorary Fellow of
Magdalene College,
Cambridge
2001: Awarded the first King Shaka
Award in recognition of bravery
2001: Park Public School renamed
Mandela Park Public School, Toronto,
Canada
2001: Received honorary doctorate of
law from Ryerson University,
Toronto, Canada
2001: Granted Honorary Citizenship of
Canada
2001: Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause
from the University of the Free
State
2001: Awarded the D Tech Education
Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
2001: Human Rights Lifetime Achievement
award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg
2001: Made an Honorary Administrator
For A Day at SUNY Binghamton
2002: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in
Law from Rhodes University,
Grahamstown,
South Africa
2002: New hall of residence
at Rhodes University,
Grahamstown,
South Africa named 'Nelson Mandela
Hall'
2002: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by
the University of Ghana
2002: Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middelburg, The
Netherlands
2002: Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush
2002: Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from
Canada.
2002: Awarded the Order of Mapungubwe -
Platinum Category by President Thabo Mbeki
2003: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in
Law by the National University of Ireland,
Galway
2003: Elected an Honorary Life member
of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
2003: Named a Hero of Freedom by the
libertarian
magazine Reason.
2003: Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Degree -Doctor of Letters (Honoris causa) by The Open University of
Tanzania
2004: Sandton Square in Johannesburg,
South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square
2004: Listed as one of the 100 most
influential people of 2004 by Time magazine
2004: Created a Bailiff Grand Cross of
The Order of St John
2004: Africa Elephant Award by the
Africa Scout Region
2005: Amherst College
honorary degree.
2005: Listed as one of the 100 most
influential people of 2005 by Time magazine
2006: New Statesman- Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our
time".
2006:Awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience
Award
2006:Made an honorary member of
Manchester United
as the club toured South Africa in the winter of 2006.
2006:Conferred an honorary doctorate in
government and politics by Universiti Teknologi Mara, the biggest public university in Malaysia, in recognition of
his tireless efforts and triumph in struggling for the people's rights in his
country and strengthening their socio-economy.
2007: The Westminster City Council agreed to erect astatue of Mandela
opposite the Houses of Parliament
in London
2007: Honorary citizen of Belgrade,Serbia
2008: In January 2008, the
Europe-based A Different View cited Mandela as one of the 15 Champions of
World Democracy.
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2009
2009: Received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award presented by Venus and Serena Williams. Accepting on his behalf
were his daughter and grandson.
2009: The United Nations General Assemblyannounced that Mandela's birthday, 18 July, is to be known as
'Mandela Day'
marking his contribution to world freedom.[
2010: Received Honorary Degree from
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
2010:Conferred an Honorary Doctorate
Degree by six universities in the Laureate International Universitiesnetwork.
2010: Conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws
Degree by Brown University
in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
2010:Received Orden del Águila Azteca. Presented by President of México Felipe Calderón,
Johannesburg,
South Africa
2012: Received BrandLaureate Hall
of Fame-Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation
(APBF)
Students' Union at University of Leeds
1973: A nuclear particle
was discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds
and is named "Mandela particle"
1975: Honorary life membership of the Students' Union at University of
London
1979: Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law
at University of Lesotho,
Maseru
1980: Awarded for International
Understanding by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations
1981: Freedom of the City of Glasgow.
1981: Road named after Mandela by the
London Borough of
Brent
1981: Received Bruno Kreisky Award for merit in the field of human rights, by the International Panel of
Judges
1982: Elected Honorary Life President
of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political
Science
1983: Honorary citizenship of Rome
1983: Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece
1983: Honorary Doctorate of Laws
at the City College of New
York
1983: City Council of Dublin,Ireland, unveiled
sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink
dedicated to Nelson Mandela, on 26 June
1983: Award of the order Star of International Friendship in gold by the German Democratic
Republic
1983: City Council of Harlow,United Kingdom,
renamed one of its major roads in honor of Nelson
Mandela
1983: AUEW/TASS,
one of United Kingdom's major trade unions, held a special ceremony to rename
their executive committee room the 'Nelson Mandela
Room'
1983: Freedom of London Borough of
Greenwich,
20 July
1983: UNESCO awards its
first Simon Bolivar International Prizejointly to Nelson Mandela and King Juan Carlos of Spain
at a ceremony in Caracas,Venezuela, on the
200th anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar
1983: City Council of Leeds,
United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela
Gardens'
1983: Park in Hull, United
Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
1983: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
Lancaster University,
United Kingdom
1983: The Students Unions of Warwick University,
Coventry Polytechnic and South Bank Polytechnic named rooms in honor of Nelson
Mandela
1983: New York City
renamed square in front of South African mission to the United Nations
'Nelson and Winnie Mandela Plaza'
1984: Honorary Degree from Free University of
Brussels
1984: London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has
its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
1984: London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson
Mandela
1984: Playa Giron Award,
awarded by Fidel Castro
1984: Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government
Officers
1984: London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson
Mandela
1984: Monument to Nelson Mandela
unveiled in Merrion Square,
Dublin
1984: Elected Honorary Member of the
Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
1984: Freedom of the City of Wijnegem,Belgium
1984: Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic
Republic
1984: Freedom of the City of Aberdeenconferred on both Nelson and Winnie
Mandela
1984: School in German Democratic
Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'
1985: Revenue Staff Federation,
United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson
Mandela
1985: London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela
Way'
1985: Nottingham
City Council names a room in a sports
centre
1985: The Third World Prize,
awarded annually by the London-based Third World Foundation for Social and Economic
Studies, awarded
jointly to Nelson and Winnie Mandela
1985: Awarded freedom of the City of
Hull, United
Kingdom.
1985: Awarded the Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights
Prize by Human Rights
Institute of The Bar of Bordeaux
1985: Nigerian
writers organisation, Writers and Journalists Against Apartheid, confers title
of Life Patron
1985: Town of Huddersfieldin
West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela
Corner
1985: Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
1985: Honorary citizenship of the State
of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
1985: Diploma of Honour and Friendship
from the University of Rio de
Janeiro
1985: Statue of Nelson Mandela erected
in London by Greater London Council,
unveiled by Oliver Tambo
1985: Senegal's
President Abdou Diouf
inaugurates SowetoSquare and
Nelson Mandela Avenue in the centre of Dakar, Senegal
1985: Awarded Doctor of Laws
degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria,
1986: Elected Honorary Life President
of the National Union of Mineworkers of South
Africa
1986: Awarded the W E B DuBois International Medal by the National Association for the Advancement
of Coloured People
1986: Coventry City Council named
new building after Mandela
1986: Presented with the Alfonso Comin
Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona,
Spain
1986: Freedom of the Borough of
Islwyn,
Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson
Mandela
1986: International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, StockholmSweden
1986: Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the
Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia
1986: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
University of Zimbabwe
1986: Park in Leicester, England,
named after Mandela
1986: Honorary membership awarded to
Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of
Seamen
1986: St George's Place in Glasgow,Scotland,
the location of the South African consulate is renamed Nelson Mandela
Place.
1986: Made Honorary Freeman of
Newcastle
1987: First person to receive the
Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia
1987: Honorary Degrees, Winnie and
Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University
Medical School in the Caribbean
1987: Named Patron of Isipingo
and District Football Association,
Natal
1987: Honorary Degree from University of Michigan
1987: Honorary Degree from University of Havana
1987: Honorary Citizen in the city of
Florence
1987: Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University
of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig
1987: Dutch football player Ruud Gullit
dedicates his European Footballer of the Yearaward to Nelson
Mandela
1988: Park in Montreal
named "Parc Winnie-et-Nelson-Mandela" (Winnie's name was removed in
1998)
1988: Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of
Germany
1988: Nelson and Winnie Mandela given
honorary membership of the National Union of
Teachers
1988: Awarded freedom of the City
of Dublin, Ireland
1988: Awarded the Sakharov Prize for
Freedom of Thought, by the European Parliament
1988: Honorary Doctorate conferred,
University of Carabobo,
Venezuela
1988: People ofLefkada,Greece,
award the Medal of Peace
1988: Honorary citizenship conferred by
nine Greek municipalities: Egaleo, Ellenikon,
Glyfada,Ilioupolis,
Daissariani,
New Filadelfia,
Nikaea, Prevezaand
Zogrofu
1988: Honorary degree in Political
Science awarded by the University of Bologna
1988: Honorary citizenship
bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy,
1988: Awarded the United Nations
Human Rights Fourth Award
1988: Nelson Mandela Road
named, New Delhi, India
1989: Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega,
President of Nicaragua,
Managua
1989: Freedom of the Municipality of
Kwekwe,
Zimbabwe.
1989: Awarded Peace Prize of the
Tipperary Peace
Committee
1989: Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson
Mandela Platz', Nuremberg,
Germany
1989: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
York University,
Toronto,Canada
1989: Square in Clayes-sous-Bois,
France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square'
1990: Lenin Peace Prize
Medal
1990: Made Honorary Life
President of National Union of Mineworkers when he addressed its Central
Committee
1990: Granted freedom of the City
of Harare, Zimbabwe
1990: 'Mandela Day', a public
holiday declared in Zimbabwe on March 5
1990: Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize,
he was the last-ever recipient.
1990: Bestowed the Dr António Agostinho Neto
Order, the highest honour of the People's Republic of Angola
1990: Bestowed the award 'Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria',
Lagos
1990: Awarded the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human
Rights in Tripoli,Libya
1990: Honorary degree in political
science by the Cairo University,
Egypt
1990: Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian
award
1990: Doctorate, honoris causa,
conferred by University of Malaya
1990: Honorary Doctorate in law,
University of the Western Cape,Bellville,
Cape Town
1990: Honorary Doctor of Laws,
University of Cape Town
1991: Honorary LL.D Degree conferred,
University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg
1991: Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights
Prize
1991: Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prizeby UNESCO
1992: Installed as Chancellor of
the University of the North
1992: Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by
the University of Fort
Hare
1992: Honorary Doctorate conferred at
the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal
1992: Presented with the Freedom of
Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg
1992: Pakistanconferred
the Nishan-e-Pakistan
1992: Prince of Asturias Award for International
Cooperation
1992: Received the "Spirit of
Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award
ceremony
1992: Received the Isitwalandwe Medal
from the ANC.
1992: Awarded the Atatürk International Peace Prize by Turkey, but
refused the award citing human rights violations committed by Turkey during
that time.[12]He later accepted the
award in 1999.
1993: Bill Clinton
presented Mandela with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on July 4, 1993
1993: Received Gleitsman
Foundation International Activist Award,
Johannesburg
1993: Received Philadelphia Liberty Medal. Presented by President of the United StatesBill Clinton
1993: Honorary Degree conferred,
Clark Atlanta
University
1993: Received Apostolic
Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg
1993: Honorary Doctorate of Laws,
from Soochow University
1993: Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding,
1993: Received Honorary Degree
from the Free University of Brussels,
Belgium
1993: Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway, on December 10
1993: Named Person of the Year
by Time Magazine
1994: Received the New
Nation/Engen Man of the Year Flame of Distinction
award
1994: Elected Newsmaker of the
Year, with Deputy President F W de Klerk, by the Johannesburg Press
Club
1994: Received the Hunger
Project's 8th annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of
Hunger, London
1994: Received Anne Frank
medal for human rights and tolerance,
Johannesburg
1994: Received Sheikh Yusuf
Peace Award from the Muslim Women's
Federation
1994: Received the Arthur A Houghton
Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American
Institute
1994: Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service
Award from Africare
1994: Honorary Doctorate from Howard University
1994: Received freedom of the town of
Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
1994: Received the Olympic Gold Order
from International Olympic Committee president, Juan Antonio Samaranch,
Cape Town
1994: Received Man of the Year
Award from the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Southern Africa,
Johannesburg
1994: 1994: Honorary Doctorate awarded
by University of South
Africa
1994: Awarded the "Commonwealth
Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the
Commonwealth Games, Canada
1995: Africa Peace Award
- sponsored jointly by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of
Disputes (ACCORD) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) - presented at a ceremony in
Durban
1995: Appointed an honorary member of
the Order of Merit by
Queen Elizabeth II
1995: 'Nelson Mandela Road' to
Katse, Lesotho,
inaugurated, 13 July
1995: Received Pretoria Press
Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award,
Pretoria
1995: Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage
1995: Awarded Honorary Fellowship
of the College of Medicine of South Africa,
Johannesburg
1995: Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year
Award
1995: Human Rights Institute,
with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the
International Bar Association
1996: Awarded honorary fellowship of
the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
1996: Indira GandhiAward for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award
received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi,
India
1996: Received the World Citizenship Award of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts
1996: U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy
1996: Created Knight of the Order of the Elephant
by the Danish Queen Margrethe II,
Copenhagen
1996: Awarded the National Order of
Mali(Grande
Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako
1996: Received the Freedom of the
City of London, London
1996: Received the Degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Diploma of the University of Oxford and honorary degrees
1996: Received Honorary Doctorate from
Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris
1996: Received Honorary Doctorate from
Stellenbosch
University
1996: Received the Freedom of
Heidelberg
1996: Awarded The Battle of Adwa and
the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal by the Crown Council of Ethiopia
1997: Nelson Mandela's former house in
Soweto, Johannesburg,
now Mandela Family Museum.
1997: Mandela Family Museum
opens in Soweto
1997: Awarded Honorary Degree by the
University of the
Philippines
1997: Created Knight of the Royal
Swedish Order of the Seraphim
1997: Received Freedom of the City of
Pietermaritzburg
1997: Received Freedom of the City of
Bloemfontein
1997: Baker Avenue in Central
Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela
Avenue
1997: Received Freedom of Boksburg
1997: Received Freedom of Oxford,
United Kingdom
1997: Awarded Honorary Doctorate from
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,Thailand
1997: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape
Town
1997: Received the American
Public Health Association Presidential Citation,
Pretoria
1997: Awarded the Collar of the Nile
by President Hosni Mubarakof Egypt, Cairo
1997: Received Freedom of City of
Edinburgh,
Scotland
1997: Received Freedom of City of
Cape Town
1997: Received Honorary Degree from the
University of Pretoria,
Pretoria
1997: Multi-purpose room at SUNY Binghamton
renamed Nelson Mandela's Room
1998: Received Honorary Doctoral
Degree from the University of South Australia, University of Fort
Hare
1998: Awarded Honorary Doctorate from
University of Zululand
1998: Awarded the Freedom of the
City and County of Cardiff, Cardiff
1998: Awarded the Chris HaniAward at
the 10th National Congress of the South African Communist Party, Johannesburg
1998: Awarded Honorary Degree by the
University of
Mauritius
1998: Park in Montreal named
again "Parc Nelson-Mandela"
1998: Awarded Honorary Doctorate by
Harvard University
1998: Awarded Congressional Gold
Medal
1998: Appointed Honorary Companion of
the Order of Canada by
the Governor General of Canada on behalf of the Queen of Canada
1998: Nelson Mandela public
school named in his honor in Toronto.
1998: Presented with Award in Recognition of his Contribution to Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom by the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa
1998: Created a Knight Grand Cross of
the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olavby the King of Norway.
1999: Received the Deutscher
Medienpreis, Baden-Baden,
Germany
1999: Awarded the Oneness-Peace
Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award,
Pretoria
1999: Received the Golden Medal of the
City of Amsterdam,
Netherlands
1999: Received honorary doctorate from
Leiden University,
Netherlands
1999: Awarded the Freedom of the
City of Durban, Durban
1999: Received Honorary Doctorate from
the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1999: Received Ukraine's Highest
Decoration, the First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape
Town
1999: Received Jesse Owens
Global Award, Johannesburg
1999: Received insignia of Honor
from the African Renaissance Institute,
Johannesburg
1999: Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws
from the University of Botswana,
Gaborone
1999: Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University,
Houston
1999: Awarded the Freedom of the
City of Lydenburg
1999: Appointed Honorary Companion of
the Order of Australia
1999: Was among 18 included in
Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th
Century, from a poll
conducted of the American people
1999: Awarded honorary doctorate from
Uppsala University, Sweden
1999: Presented with Temple of Understanding Annual Award to Religious and Political Leaders for Outstanding Service to
Humanity, Cape Town
1999: Presented with the Gandhi-King Award
by the World Movement for Nonviolenceat the World Parliament of Religions, Cape Town
1999: Listed as one of the 100
most influential people of the 20th century by Time
magazine
1999: Accepted the Atatürk International Peace Prize from Turkey
1999: Created Knight of the
Dutch/Luxembourgian Order of the Gold Lion of the House of
Nassau, Netherlands
2000: Nelson Mandela National
Museum
2000: The Nelson Mandela National Museumis officially opened in
Soweto
2000: Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws
by Trinity College,
Dublin
2000: Appointed honorary Queen's Counsel by
the House of Lords,
United Kingdom
2000: Awarded SABS Gold Medal,
Sandton
2000: BT Ethnic Multicultural
Media Award, London
2000: Received World Methodist
Peace Award, London
2000: International Freedom
Award, Memphis, Tennessee
2000: Elected an Honorary Member of the
Bertrand Russell Society, autumn
2000: Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law
from the University of Technology, Sydney,
Australia
2000: Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters
from the Australian National
University
2001: International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New
Delhi
2001: Made an Honorary Freeman of
Leeds
2001: Made an Honorary Fellow of
Magdalene College,
Cambridge
2001: Awarded the first King Shaka
Award in recognition of bravery
2001: Park Public School renamed
Mandela Park Public School, Toronto,
Canada
2001: Received honorary doctorate of
law from Ryerson University,
Toronto, Canada
2001: Granted Honorary Citizenship of
Canada
2001: Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause
from the University of the Free
State
2001: Awarded the D Tech Education
Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
2001: Human Rights Lifetime Achievement
award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg
2001: Made an Honorary Administrator
For A Day at SUNY Binghamton
2002: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in
Law from Rhodes University,
Grahamstown,
South Africa
2002: New hall of residence
at Rhodes University,
Grahamstown,
South Africa named 'Nelson Mandela
Hall'
2002: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by
the University of Ghana
2002: Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middelburg, The
Netherlands
2002: Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush
2002: Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from
Canada.
2002: Awarded the Order of Mapungubwe -
Platinum Category by President Thabo Mbeki
2003: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in
Law by the National University of Ireland,
Galway
2003: Elected an Honorary Life member
of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
2003: Named a Hero of Freedom by the
libertarian
magazine Reason.
2003: Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Degree -Doctor of Letters (Honoris causa) by The Open University of
Tanzania
2004: Sandton Square in Johannesburg,
South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square
2004: Listed as one of the 100 most
influential people of 2004 by Time magazine
2004: Created a Bailiff Grand Cross of
The Order of St John
2004: Africa Elephant Award by the
Africa Scout Region
2005: Amherst College
honorary degree.
2005: Listed as one of the 100 most
influential people of 2005 by Time magazine
2006: New Statesman- Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our
time".
2006:Awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience
Award
2006:Made an honorary member of
Manchester United
as the club toured South Africa in the winter of 2006.
2006:Conferred an honorary doctorate in
government and politics by Universiti Teknologi Mara, the biggest public university in Malaysia, in recognition of
his tireless efforts and triumph in struggling for the people's rights in his
country and strengthening their socio-economy.
2007: The Westminster City Council agreed to erect astatue of Mandela
opposite the Houses of Parliament
in London
2007: Honorary citizen of Belgrade,Serbia
2008: In January 2008, the
Europe-based A Different View cited Mandela as one of the 15 Champions of
World Democracy.
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2009
2009: Received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award presented by Venus and Serena Williams. Accepting on his behalf
were his daughter and grandson.
2009: The United Nations General Assemblyannounced that Mandela's birthday, 18 July, is to be known as
'Mandela Day'
marking his contribution to world freedom.[
2010: Received Honorary Degree from
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
2010:Conferred an Honorary Doctorate
Degree by six universities in the Laureate International Universitiesnetwork.
2010: Conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws
Degree by Brown University
in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
2010:Received Orden del Águila Azteca. Presented by President of México Felipe Calderón,
Johannesburg,
South Africa
2012: Received BrandLaureate Hall
of Fame-Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation
(APBF)