1865 in South Africa

	1865 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

Inaugural train arriving at Wellington

• 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

• 12 January – Johannes (Jan) Francois Elias Cilliers, poet, writer and dramatist.

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

Natal Railway 0-4-0ST "Durban"

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

1. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.