1853 - 1854 (0 years)
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Date |
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| 1 | 1846 | - 1846—1854:
SA - Orange River Sovereignty
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| 2 | 1850 | - 1850—1859:
SA - First Afrikaans book written by an imam (Muslim prayer leader) of slave descent
- 1850—1853:
SA - Eighth Frontier War.
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| 3 | 1853 | - 1853—1853:
SA - Hopetown established
- 1853—1853:
SA - Nicholas Waterboer succeeds as Griqua Captain
- 1853—1853:
SA - Settlement of Queenstown and Seymour. Union Steamship Line founded.
- 1853—1853:
Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory in Britain
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| 4 | 1854 | - 1854—1854:
SA - Orange Free State Republic proclaimed
- 1854—1854:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parishes established in Montagu and Queenstown. First Cape Colony Parliament. Boers defeat Ndebele at Makapansgat.
- 1854—1854:
SA - Crimean War
- 1854—1854:
Cigarettes introduced into Britain
- 27 Mar 1854—27 Mar 1854:
Britain declares war on Russia (Crimean War)
- 25 Oct 1854—25 Oct 1854:
Battle of Balaklava in Crimea (charge of the Light Brigade)
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