← 1864 1863 1862 1865 in South Africa → 1866 1867 1868
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during1865 in South Africa.

• Governor of the Cape of Good Hope andHigh Commissioner for Southern Africa:Sir Philip Wodehouse.
• Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal:
  • John Maclean (until 25 July).
  • Sir John Thomas (acting from 26 July to 25 August).
  • Sir John Bisset (acting from 26 August).
• State President of the Orange Free State:Jan Brand.^[1]
• President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic:Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.^[2]

July

• 26 –Sir John Thomas becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.

August

• 26 –Sir John Bisset becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.

Date unknown

• Ostriches are domesticated.
• Economicdepression hits South Africa.
• War breaks out for the second time between theOrange Free State andBasothos.^[3]

• 12 January –Jan F. E. Celliers, poet, writer and dramatist. (d. 1940)
• 20 August –Bernard Tancred, cricketer. (d. 1911)

• 13 August –Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, second President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic. (b. 1818)
• Date unknown –Louw Wepener, military leader in theOrange Free State. (b. 1812)

• TheNatal Railway Company obtains a0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive fromKitson and Company. TheNatal Railway's second locomotive is namedDurban.^[4]: 20

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