1876 in South Africa

1876 in South Africa

"See also:"
1875 in South Africa,
other events of 1876,
1877 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* Boers build a Dutch Reformed Church at what is now the town of Amersfoort in Mpumalanga Province
* The first railway line in Natal is built
* 15 January - Die Patriot, the first Afrikaans newspaper, is published in Paarl

Births

* 9 October - Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer, is born near Boshof, Orange Free State

Deaths


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