1857 in South Africa

1857 in South Africa

"See also:"
1856 in South Africa,
other events of 1857,
1858 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* Robert Moffat completes Old Testament Bible translation into Setswana
* Approximately 157 Irish women arrive on the ship "Lady Kennaway", settle in British Kaffraria.
* The first Legislative Council is selected in the Natal Colony
* The Union Steamship Company wins the first mail contract for regular mail service between Britain and South Africa
* The Cape Point Lighthouse at Cape Point is built
* Building of the Roman Rock Lighthouse at the entrance to Simon's Town starts and only completed in 1861
* 6 January - MW Pretorius becomes the first President of the South African Republic (Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek)

Births

* 2 October - Martinus Theunis Steyn, South African lawyer, politician and statesman, last president of the independent Orange Free State.

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References


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