1855 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1855 in South Africa.
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Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope: Sir George Grey
- Governor of Natal: Benjamin Pine (until 3 March); vacant thereafter
- State President of the Orange Free State:
- until 10 February: Josias Philip Hoffman
- 10 February-27 August: Jacobus Johannes Venter
- starting 27 August: Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff
Events
- Pretoria is established
- 20 Irish miners arrive to work in the Namaqualand copper mines
- 27 August - Jacobus Boshoff becomes the 2nd president of the Orange Free State
Births
- 24 March - Olive Schreiner, author and feminist
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