1855 in South Africa

← 1854 1853 1852 1855 in South Africa → 1856 1857 1858
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1855 in South Africa.

Events

• Pretoria is established
• 20 Irish miners arrive to work in the Namaqualand copper mines
• 27 August - Jacobus Boshoff becomes the 2nd president of the Orange Free State

Births

• 24 March - Olive Schreiner, author and feminist

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References