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1803 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1803 in South Africa.
Events
February – The 3rd Cape Frontier War ends with an inconclusive peace that is arranged between the British administrators of the Cape Colony and the Xhosa before handing the Cape back to the Dutchhttps://www.sahistory.org.za/article/eastern-cape-wars-dispossession-1779-1878 Eastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878 2011-03-21 South African History Online en 2019-01-05
20 February – The Cape Colony to handed over to the Batavian Republic by the British in terms of the Treaty of Amiens1935-01-01 Position in Cape Colony, 1795-1803 https://journals.co.za/content/savet/6/2/AJA00382809_1811?crawler=true Journal of the South African Veterinary Association en 6 2 92–101 2224-9435
23 April – Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Batavian Republic in Simon's Town as solicitor-general
Jan Willem Janssens becomes Governor of the Cape
Advocate A de Mist is elevated to the rank of Commissioner-General to receive the colony from Britain. He is also instructed to establish a new system of government for the Cape.
A mail service between Cape Town and Algoa Bay, present day Port Elizabeth, is inaugurated.
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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