1883 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1883 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Hercules Robinson.
- Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer.
- Jan Brand.
- State President of the South African Republic: Triumviate of Paul Kruger, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and Piet Joubert (until 9 May), Paul Kruger (starting 9 May).
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Thomas Charles Scanlen.
Events
- April
- 16 – Paul Kruger is re-elected president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
- May
- 9 – Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
- July
- August
- 6 – The unite.
- 12 – The last extinct.
Births
- February – Z. D. Mangoaela, Basotho folklorist and writer (d. 1963)
- 6 August – Constance Georgina Adams, botanist (d. 1968)[1]
Deaths
- 9 August – .
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 5 May – Cape Western – Muizenberg to Kalkbaai, 1 mile 45 chains (2.5 kilometres).[2]
- 14 May – Cape Western – Victoria West Road, 80 miles 41 chains (129.6 kilometres).[2]
- 15 October – Cape Eastern – Queenstown to Sterkstroom, 35 miles 28 chains (56.9 kilometres).[2]
- 16 October – Cape Midland – Cradock to Colesberg, 126 miles 19 chains (203.2 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- Eighteen
References
- ISBN 978-0-62027-613-9.
- ^ a b c d Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII – Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31 December 1909.
- ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
- ISBN 0869772112.