1839 in South Africa

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1839

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* 1840
* 1841
* 1842
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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 1839 in South Africa.

## Events

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* Henry Jervis is elected the Military Administrator of Port Natal
* Johannes Stephanus Maritz is voted Natalia Republic's chairperson of the Raad
* Johannes Stephanus Maritz is voted Natalia Republic's chairperson of the Raad for the second time
* The Cape Colony relinquishes Port Natal, and it is incorporated into the Natalia Republic.
* The town of Pietermaritzburg is founded. It is named after the Voortrekker leaders Gert Maritz and Piet Retief.

## Births

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* 7 December - Redvers Henry Buller in at Crediton, Devonshire
* John Robinson, the first Prime minister of Natal (1893 \- 1897) is born

## Deaths

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* Barend Barends, Kaptyn of Griqualand West, dies
* Du Pré Alexander, Earl of Caledon and Governor of the Cape Colony, dies
* Sir John Francis Cradock, Governor of the Cape, dies

## References

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See Years in South Africa for list of References

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1839 in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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