1865 in South Africa
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Events
- Ostriches are domesticated.
- Economic depression hits South Africa.
- War breaks out for the second time between the Orange Free State and Basothos.
- The Cape Town-Wellington railway is officially inaugurated.
Births
Deaths
- 13 August – Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, the second president of the South African Republic, dies on his farm near Rustenburg at the age of 47.
Railways
Locomotives
- The Natal Railway Company obtains a 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive from Kitson and Company. This, the Natal Railway’s second locomotive, is named Durban.[1]:20
References
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