1803 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1803 in South Africa.
Events
- February – The
- 20 February – The Cape Colony to handed over to the Batavian Republic by the British in terms of the Treaty of Amiens[2]
- 23 April – Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Batavian Republic in Simon's Town as solicitor-general
- Jan Willem Janssens becomes Governor of the Cape
- Advocate A de Mist is elevated to the rank of Commissioner-General to receive the colony from Britain. He is also instructed to establish a new system of government for the Cape.
- A mail service between Cape Town and Algoa Bay, present day Port Elizabeth, is inaugurated.
References
- ^ "Eastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878". South African History Online. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ISSN 2224-9435.
- See Years in South Africafor list of References
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