1825 in South Africa
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Events
- The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in Somerset East
- The first steamship arrives in Table Bay
- The depreciated rix dollar is converted into the British sterling
- The Anglican St. Mary's Collegiate Church is started in Port Elizabeth
Births
- 17 September - Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby union and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland
- 10 October - Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger is born in Cradock, Cape Colony [1]
Deaths
- 31 January - Petrus Johannes Truter (77), explorer and official in the East India Company, dies in Swellendam
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
- ↑ Kruger, Paul The Memoirs of Paul Kruger Four Times President of the South African Republic Told by Himself Century Co New York 1902 page 3
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