1852 in South Africa

← 1851 1850 1849 1852 in South Africa → 1853 1854 1855
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1852 in South Africa.

Events

January

• 17 January – The South African Republic is established with the signing of the Sand River Convention

February

• 26 February – The British troopship, HMS Birkenhead is wrecked near Gansbaai, Western Cape

March

• 16 March – Voortrekker leaders, Andries Pretorius and Hendrik Potgieter reconcile

Unknown date

• Copper mining begins at Springbokfontein

Deaths

• 25 June – Ludwig Heinrich Beil, musician and botanist, dies in Keurbooms River near Plettenberg Bay
• 16 December – Hendrik Potgieter, (59), Voortrekker leader, dies in Zoutpansbergdorp

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References