Colenso is a town in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It was established in 1855 at a ford on the Tugela River. It was named after the Anglican bishop of Natal and champion of the Zulu cause, John William Colenso. The first major battle of the Anglo-Boer War was fought here in 1899. A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Tugela River (also known as Thukela) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... The Zulu are an African ethnic group of about 11 million people who live mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... John William Colenso (1814-1883), British bishop of Natal, was born at St Austell, Cornwall, on January 24 1814. ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one in 1880-81 and the second from October 11, 1899-1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South Africa that put an end to the two independent... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
William Colenso was born probably on 7 November 1811 and was baptised on 13 December 1811 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.
Colenso's most memorable work of this sort was the printing of the Maori text of the Treaty of Waitangi on 17 February 1840.
On 27 April 1843 at Otahuhu, Auckland, Colenso satisfied one of Selwyn's prerequisites for ordination by a marriage (arranged and subsequently loveless), to Elizabeth Fairburn, daughter of the CMS lay missionary W. Fairburn.
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