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The following lists events that happened during 1865 in South Africa.

Incumbents

  • Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Philip Wodehouse.
  • Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal:
  • John Maclean (until 25 July).
  • Sir John Thomas (acting from 26 July to 25 August).
  • Sir John Bisset (acting from 26 August).
  • State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand.
  • President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.

Events

;July

  • 26 &ndash; Sir John Thomas becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.

;August

  • 26 &ndash; Sir John Bisset becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.

;Date unknown

  • Ostriches are domesticated.
  • Economic depression hits South Africa.
  • War breaks out for the second time between the Orange Free State and Basothos.

Births

  • 12 January &ndash; Jan F. E. Celliers, poet, writer and dramatist. (d. 1940)
  • 20 August &ndash; Bernard Tancred, cricketer. (d. 1911)

Deaths

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  • 13 August &ndash; Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, second President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic. (b. 1818)
  • Date unknown &ndash; Louw Wepener, military leader in the Orange Free State. (b. 1812)

Railways

Locomotives

  • The Natal Railway Company obtains a saddle-tank locomotive from Kitson and Company. The Natal Railway's second locomotive is named Durban.

References