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EVENTS

Xhosa s clash with the white settlers on the Cape Colony 's eastern frontier starting the 7th Cape Frontier War , this war was also known as the War of the Axe

The Voortrekkers establish Bloemfontein

Approximately 103 settlers start arriving in Port Elizabeth from war-torn Buenos Aires , Argentina

BIRTHS

26 March - Christoffel Cornelis Froneman , an Orange Free State commander and founder of the town Marquard , is born

DEATHS