1857 in South Africa

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See also: 1856 in South Africa, other events of 1857, 1858 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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[edit] Events

• Robert Moffat completes Old Testament Bible translation into Setswana
• Approximately 157 Irish women arrive on the ship "Lady Kennaway", settle in British Kaffraria.
• The first Legislative Council is selected in the Natal Colony
• The Union Steamship Company wins the first mail contract for regular mail service between Britain and South Africa
• The Cape Point Lighthouse at Cape Point is built
• Building of the Roman Rock Lighthouse at the entrance to Simon's Town starts and only completed in 1861
• 6 January - MW Pretorius becomes the first President of the South African Republic (Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek)

[edit] Births

• 2 October - Martinus Theunis Steyn, South African lawyer, politician and statesman, last president of the independent Orange Free State.

[edit] References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References