1860 in South Africa
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See also: 1859 in South Africa, other events of 1860, 1861 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

May

• 1 May - The seat of the South African Republic government is officially transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria
• 4 May - The Orange Free State signs a peace treaty with Moshoeshoe I at Wittebergen, near Winburg, ending the first Basuto war

June

• 26 June - The Natal Railway Company opens the first railway line in South Africa, the 3,2km railway line ran along the Bluff side of the harbour to Durban

September

• 17 September - The Alfred Dock in Table Bay, Cape Town is officially opened by sixteen year old Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, second son of Queen Victoria

Unknown date

• The first indenture of Indian workers arrive in Natal to work in the sugar industry
• The first telegraph service in South Africa starts operating between Cape Town and Simonstown
• The penny post in Cape Town is started
• Boer republics north of Vaal River unite as South African Republic

Births

• 29 April - John Robinson Royston, soldier and farmer, was born in Durban

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References