Events

• A college founded at Stellenbosch which later becomes the University of Stellenbosch
• The railway line from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage
  Uitenhage
  Uitenhage is a South African town with 275,185 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. The town's name is pronounced by English speakers and in Afrikaans...
  
   is opened
• The Burgerspond, the South African Republic
  South African Republic
  The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...
  
  's first coin, is introduced

Births

• 7 April - Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke
  Charlotte Maxeke
  Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist, was born at Ramokgopa near Polokwane. As a young girl she sang in concerts and while on tour to Canada and the United States she was offered a scholarship to study at Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio...
  
  , religious leader and political activist, is born at Ramokgopa near Polokwane
  Polokwane
  Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. The population...