1835 in South Africa

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1835

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* 1836
* 1837
* 1838
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Decades:|

* 1810s
* 1820s
* 1830s
* 1840s
* 1850s

See also:|

*   * List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1835 in South Africa.

## Events

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* The Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony in what is called the Great Trek into the interior to escape British domination
* Port Natal is renamed Durban in honor of the Cape Colony Governor, Sir Benjamin d'Urban
* AmaXhosa chiefdoms invade the Cape Colony to reclaim land taken in the previous Sixth War of Dispossession.[1]
* Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban orders Cape troops and African allies to devastate AmaXhosa villages, crops, and food supplies.
* D'Urban annexes land between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers, naming it the Province of Adelaide.
* Missionaries publish the first IsiXhosa grammar in Grahamstown.
* Cape Colony's Ordinance 1 forbids slave owners from administering punishment and a judicial/magisterial system is introduced for legal enforcement.
* Chief Hintsa of the AmaXhosa is captured under a false truce by Governor D'Urban’s troops and interrogated. He was murdered while attempting to escape, with his ears taken as trophies.

## References

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1. ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1800s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 18 February 2025.

See Years in South Africa for list of References

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