1841 in South Africa
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Events
- Missionary David Livingstone arrives in the Cape Colony and proceeds to Kuruman before journeying through Central Africa.
- Voortrekkers set up a council in Potchefstroom
Deaths
- 1 May - Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony who supervised the arrival and settling of the British settlers and who founded Port Elizabeth, dies in Southampton, England
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
