1853 in South Africa
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 1853 in South Africa.
Events
- The 8th Cape Frontier War ends
- The settlement of Hopetown is established
- Nicholaas Waterboer, eldest son of Andries Waterboer succeeds as Griqua captain
- The settlement of Queenstown is established
- The settlement of Seymour is established
- The Union Steamship Line is founded
- the right to vote is granted to every property-owning male (including Africans) in the Cape Province. This right was abolished with the introduction of Apartheid in 1948
Births
- 20 August - Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Cape Colony
Deaths
- 23 July - Andries Pretorius (54), Voortrekker leader
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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1853 in Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
other territories
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)