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 This is a list of State Presidents of the Orange Free State. List Last election See also *State President of the South African Republic External links Archontology.org: Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854–1902 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stat ...

Jan Brand Sir Johannes Henricus Brand, (popularly known as Sir Jan Brand and sometimes as Sir John Henry Brand or Jan Henrick Brand; 6 December 1823 – 14 July 1888) was a South African lawyer and politician who served as the fourth state presiden ...

.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
/ref> * President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877
(Accessed on 14 April 2017)

Events

;July * 26 – Sir John Thomas becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal. ;August * 26 – Sir John Bisset becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal. ;Date unknown *

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es are domesticated. *

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depression hits South Africa. * War breaks out for the second time between the

Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...

and Basothos.

Births

* 12 January – Jan F. E. Celliers, poet, writer and dramatist. (d. 1940) * 20 August –

Bernard Tancred Augustus Bernard Tancred (20 August 1865 – 23 November 1911) was a 19th-century South African Test cricketer. His brothers, Vincent and Louis, also played Test cricket for South Africa. Early life Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Ta ...

, cricketer. (d. 1911)

Deaths

* 13 August –

Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (16 May 1818 – 13 August 1865) was the second President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic, from 18 April 1862 until 10 May 1864. Life He was born near the town of Beau ...

, second President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic. (b. 1818) * Date unknown –

Louw Wepener Lourens Jacobus (Louw) Wepener was born on 21 July 1812. He was the son of a German people, German immigrant – Frederick Jacobus Wepener – and a Cape Colony woman – Johanna Maria Erasmus. Wepener was born in Graaf-Reinet and lived with his u ...

, military leader in the

. (b. 1812)

Railways

Locomotives

* The

Natal Railway Company The Natal Railway Company was formed in January 1859 for the construction of a railway in Durban. The Natal Railway Company made use of broad gauge. The was only adopted in Natal in 1876 when the Natal Government Railways was established. Th ...

obtains a saddle-tank locomotive from

Kitson and Company Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Early history The company was started in 1835 by James Kitson (businessman), James Kitson at the Airedale Foundry, off Pearson Street, Hunslet, ...

. The Natal Railway's second locomotive is named ''Durban''.

References

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