1881 in South Africa

See also: 1880 in South Africa, other events of 1881, 1882 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

January

• 28 January – The Battle of Laing's Nek during the first Boer War

February

• 27 February – Battle of Majuba Hill during the first Boer War

March

• 21 March – Peace is declared and Britain recognizes the South African Republic
• 26 March – Reinhold Gregorowski is appointed a judge in the Orange Free State at the age of 25

Unknown date

• The Tswana-Kora wars break out with white mercenary involvement
• The town of Roburnia is established as the capital of the Republic of New Scotland, it was renamed to Amsterdam in 1882
• Gold is discovered in the Barberton area

Births

• 23 April – Claude Pagdett Carter, a South African test cricket player is born in Durban
• November – Benjamin Jennings Caddy, a militant trade unionist who is regarded as the doyen of the trade union movement in South Africa, is born in Australia

Deaths