1853 in South Africa
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
- 20 August - Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Cape Colony
Deaths
- 23 July - Andries Pretorius (54), Voortrekker leader
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References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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