1855 in South Africa
# 1855 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1855 in South Africa.

## Events

* Pretoria is established
* 20 Irish miners arrive to work in the Namaqualand copper mines
* 27 August - Jacobus Boshoff becomes the 2nd president of the Orange Free State

## Births

* 24 March - Olive Schreiner, author and feminist
