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