1853 in South Africa

1853 in South Africa

"See also:"
1852 in South Africa,
other events of 1853,
1854 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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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

* 5 July - Cecil John Rhodes, businessman, mining magnate and politician, is born in Bishop's Stortford, east Hertfordshire, England
* 20 August - Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Cape Colony

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References


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