1853_in_South_Africa

1853 in South Africa

1853 in South Africa

List of events

The following lists events that happened during 1853 in South Africa.

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Events

  • The 8th Cape Frontier War ends
  • The settlement of Hopetown is established
  • Nicholaas Waterboer, eldest son of Andries Waterboer succeeds as Griqua captain
  • The settlement of Queenstown is established
  • The settlement of Seymour is established
  • The Union Steamship Line is founded
  • the right to vote is granted to every property-owning male (including Africans) in the Cape Province. This right was abolished with the introduction of Apartheid in 1948

Births

Deaths

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References
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