Information about 1857 In South Africa

See also: 1855 in South Africa, other events of 1856, 1857 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Events

• Approximately 3000 Crimean War veterans (German Legionnaires) settled in Kaffraria, later joined by 2700 German civilians.

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1820s  1830s  1840s  - 1850s -  1860s  1870s  1880s
1854 1855 1856 - 1857 - 1858 1859 1860

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See also: 1857 in South Africa, other events of 1858, 1859 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Events

• 19 March - War breaks out between the Orange Free State and the Basotho tribe

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This is a timeline of the History of South Africa. For sport see Timeline of South African sport.

Before European colonisation

• Early BCE Southern Africa
• Early ACE Southern Africa

Colonization

• 1400s
• 1500s

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Robert Moffat (born December 21, 1795 in Ormiston, Haddingtonshire; died August 9, 1883 in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa.
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Tswana}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Botswana
South Africa
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: tn
ISO 639-2: tsn
ISO 639-3: tsn

Tswana (Setswana
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Irish people (Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a European ethnic group who originated in Ireland, in north western Europe.
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British Kaffraria was a former colony / subordinate administrative entity in present-day South Africa, consisting of the districts now known as King Williams Town and East London.
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The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on May 4, 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa.
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Union Company, Union Steam Ship Company (USS Co), or Union Line was started in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1875, when it was floated by James Mills, who had been clerk to Johnny Jones and his Harbour Steam Company.
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Events

• 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.

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South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, or ZAR), often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Afrikaner/Boer country in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century.
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