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1863 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1863 in South Africa. Incumbents * Cape Colony#Governors of the Cape of Good Hope (1797–1910), Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Philip Wodehouse (colonial administrator), Sir Philip Wodehouse. * Colony of Natal#Lieutenant-governors, Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott. * State President of the Orange Free State: ** Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (until 17 June). ** Jacobus Johannes Venter (acting from 20 June). * State President of the South African Republic, President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, W.C. Janse van Rensburg (acting until instated). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa. The British colony was preceded by an earlier corporate colony that became an Dutch Cape Colony, original Dutch colony of the same name, which was established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company, Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Cape was under VOC rule from 1652 to 1795 and under rule of the Napoleonic Batavian Republic, Batavia Republic from 1803 to 1806. The VOC lost the colony to Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain following the 1795 Invasion of the Cape Colony, Battle of Muizenberg, but it was acceded to the Batavian Republic, Batavia Republic following the 1802 Treaty of Amiens. It was re-occupied by the British following the Battle of Blaauwberg in 1806 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
