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EVENTS

The Cape Colony s boundary is extended to Orange River and the districts of Victoria East and British Kaffraria are annexed

The Montagu Pass is opened

Sugar cane plantations are started in Natal

The settlement of East London is established

BIRTHS

9 July - Henrietta Stockdale , pioneer of Nursing in the Cape Colony , is born in Nottinghamshire , England

DEATHS