1824 - 1826 (1 year)
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| 1 | 1822 | - 1822—1828:
SA - English becomes the official language of the Cape Colony.
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| 2 | 1824 | - 1824—1824:
SA - George Thompson travels inland - naming Augrabies Falls "Cataract of King George"
- 1824—1824:
SA - Construction of road through Fransch Hoek Pass. First Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church. Mission station at Lovedale founded. First lighthouse opened.
- 1824—1824:
RSPCA established
- 1824—1824:
Portland cement patented
- 4 Mar 1824—4 Mar 1824:
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded (called the 'National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck' until 1854)
- 10 May 1824—10 May 1824:
National Gallery in London opens to the public
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| 3 | 1825 | - 1825—1825:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Somerset East.
- 1825—1825:
SA - First steamship in Table Bay. Depreciated rix dollar converted into British sterling. The Anglican St. Mary's Collegiate Church started in Port Elizabeth. The Jubilee Park Cemetery in Uitenhage in use circa 1825.
- 27 Sep 1825—27 Sep 1825:
Stockton to Darlington Railway opens ? world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains
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| 4 | 1826 | - 1826—1826:
SA - Adam Kok II establishes Philippolis Griqua Captaincy
- 1826—1826:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Clanwilliam, Colesberg, Durbanville and Tijgerberg.
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