1855 in South Africa
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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
- Olive Schreiner, author and feminist
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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