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The following lists events that happened during 1857 in South Africa.
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The following lists events that happened during 1857 in South Africa.
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The Orange Free State was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902. It is one of the three historical precursors to the present-day Free State province.
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner, he helped establish the South African Republic, was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution.
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa. The large city of Pretoria, executive capital of South Africa, is named after him.
The following lists events that happened during 1880 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1871 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1867 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1860 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1870 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1864 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1859 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1863 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1882 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1868 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1858 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1865 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1866 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1869 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1861 in South Africa.
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof was a South African (Boer) statesman, a late-arriving member of the Voortrekker movement, and the second state president of the Orange Free State, in office from 1855 to 1859.
The following lists events that happened during 1862 in South Africa.