The following lists events that happened during 1866 in South Africa.
Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Philip Wodehouse. Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: Sir John Bisset (acting). State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (until 21 October).Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) State President of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (from 22 October).
Events March 1 – Stellenbosch Gymnasium is opened, later to be renamed Stellenbosch University.
October 22 – The office of State President of the South African Republic is created by constitutional amendment approved at a session of the Volksraad.
Unknown date India officially stops sending Indian labourers to Natal. Erasmus Jacobs discovers the Eureka Diamond near Hopetown on the banks of the Orange River in the Cape of Good Hope.
Births 3 April – J.B.M. Hertzog, Boer General and 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa. (d. 1942)
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