1850 in South Africa

1850 in South Africa

"See also:"
1849 in South Africa,
other events of 1850,
1851 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* The first Afrikaans book is written by an imam (Muslim prayer leader) of slave descent
* Wesleyan settlers arrive in Natal
* The "Childe Herold", a British ship en route from Bombay to London is wrecked off Dassen Island, Cape Colony
* 23 April - A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape Colony a government

Births

* 9 April - Julius Charles Wernher, financier and mine magnate
* 23 April - Andries Jacobus Bester, the Boer commandant of the Bethlehem commando, is born in Bloemfontein

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References


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