The Orange River Sovereignty becomes an independent…
February 1854 CE
The Orange River Sovereignty becomes an independent republic, the Orange Free State, in 1854.
All persons of European blood possessing a six months' residential qualification are to be granted full burgher rights.
The British recognize the independence of the Orange Free State on February 17; its official independence is declared six days later in the Orange River Convention.
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