1839 in South Africa
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Events
- January - Henry Jervis is elected the Military Administrator of Port Natal
- 15 February to May - Johannes Stephanus Maritz is voted Natalia RepublicNatalia RepublicThe Natalia Republic was a short-lived Boer republic, established in 1839 by local Afrikaans-speaking Voortrekkers shortly after the Battle of Blood River. The republic was located on the coast of the Indian Ocean beyond the Eastern Cape, and was previously named Natalia by Portuguese sailors. The...
's chairperson of the Raad - 20 October - Johannes Stephanus Maritz is voted Natalia Republic's chairperson of the Raad for the second time
- December - The Cape ColonyCape ColonyThe Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
relinquishes Port Natal and it is incorporated into the Natalia Republic.
Births
- 7 December - Redvers Henry BullerRedvers BullerGeneral Sir Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
in at Crediton, DevonshireDevonDevon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with... - John Robinson, the first Prime minister of NatalColony of NatalThe Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on May 4, 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its...
(18931893 in South Africa-Events:* The first Crocidolite mine is opened near Prieska* May - Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Durban-Deaths:* 30 April - Johannes Willem Viljoen, big-game hunter and politician dies on his farm near Zeerust at the age of 81...
- 18971897 in South Africa-Events:* 21 April - Sir Alfred Milner becomes High Commissioner of South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony* 5 May - Port Elizabeth is flooded* Bergville Mountain Village is established in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains in Natal-Births:...
) is born
Deaths
- Barend Barends, Kaptyn of Griqualand WestGriqualand WestGriqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people - a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, who established several states outside the expanding frontier...
, dies - Du Pré AlexanderDu Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of CaledonDu Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon KP , styled The Honourable from 1790 to 1800 and then Viscount Alexander to 1802, was an Irish peer, landlord and colonial administrator, and was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon.-Education and Inheritance:He was educated...
, Earl of CaledonEarl of CaledonEarl of Caledon, of Caledon, County Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for James Alexander, 1st Viscount Caledon. He was a merchant who had made an enormous fortune in India. He also represented the constituency of Londonderry City in the Irish House of Commons...
and Governor of the Cape ColonyCape ColonyThe Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
, dies - Sir John Francis Cradock, Governor of the Cape, dies