1834 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1834 in South Africa.
Events[]
- 15 January - John Herschel, an English mathematician and astronomer, arrives in Cape Town with his twenty-foot-long telescope
- 21 December Xhosa armies attack the eastern regions of the Cape Colony starting the 6th Cape Frontier War that only ends in 1836
- The emancipation of the estimated 39,000 slaves in the colony
- The Bo-Kaap (Upper Cape) in the colony is established by Muslim ex-slaves
- The colony's Legislative Council is formed
- The establishes a station at Bethulie
- The Anglican St. John's Church is built in Bathurst
- King William's Town is founded.
Births[]
- 20 January - Petrus Jacobus Joubert, a South African Republic Triumvirate member, is born near Cango in the Oudtshoorn district of Cape Colony
- 15 April - Thomas François Burgers, the 4th state president of the South African Republic, is born on Langefontein farm in the Camdeboo district of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
References[]
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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