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Events
- March
- 1 – Stellenbosch Gymnasium is opened, later to be renamed Stellenbosch University.
- Unknown date
- India officially stops sending Indian labourers to Natal.
- Erasmus Jacobs discovers the Eureka Diamond - a 21.25 carats (4.250 g) diamond near Hopetown on the banks of the Orange River.
Births
- 3 April – James Barry Munnik Hertzog, Prime Minister of South Africa, is born near Wellington in the Cape Colony.
References
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