1852 in South Africa
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- 17 January - The South African Republic is established with the signing of the Sand River Convention
[edit] February
- 26 February - The British troopship, HMS Birkenhead is wrecked near Gansbaai, Western Cape
[edit] March
- 16 March - Voortrekker leaders, Andries Pretorius and Hendrik Potgieter reconcil
[edit] Unknown date
- Copper mining begins at Springbokfontein
[edit] Deaths
- 25 June - Ludwig Heinrich Beil, musician and botanist, dies in Keurbooms River near Plettenberg Bay
[edit] References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
