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1864
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List of years in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during
1865 in South Africa
.
Incumbents
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
and
High Commissioner for Southern Africa
:
Sir Philip Wodehouse
.
Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal
:
John Maclean (until 25 July).
Sir John Thomas
(acting from 26 July to 25 August).
Sir John Bisset
(acting from 26 August).
State President of the Orange Free State
:
Jan Brand
.
[1]
President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic
:
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
.
[2]
Events
July
26 –
Sir John Thomas
becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.
August
26 –
Sir John Bisset
becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.
Date unknown
Ostriches
are domesticated.
Economic
depression
hits South Africa.
War breaks out for the second time between the
Orange Free State
and
Basothos
.
[3]
Births
12 January –
Jan F. E. Celliers
, poet, writer and dramatist. (d. 1940)
20 August –
Bernard Tancred
, cricketer. (d. 1911)
Deaths
Natal Railway 0-4-0ST "Durban"
13 August –
Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg
, second President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic. (b. 1818)
Date unknown –
Louw Wepener
, military leader in the
Orange Free State
. (b. 1812)
Railways
Locomotives
The
Natal Railway Company
obtains a
0-4-0
saddle-tank locomotive from
Kitson and Company
. The
Natal Railway's second locomotive
is named
Durban
.
[4]
: 20
References
^
Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^
Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877
(Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^
"Ladybrand History"
.
craberrycottage.co.za
. Archived from
the original
on 3 October 2011
. Retrieved
11 April
2008
.
^
Holland, D.F. (1971).
Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways
. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles
.
ISBN
978-0-7153-5382-0
.
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