1873 in South Africa

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1873
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1873 in South Africa.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

April
  • 30 – Thomas Milles becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.

May[]

  • 1 – The use of Dutch is officially allowed in the Cape of Good Hope's parliament.
  • 14 – The Ohrigstad area is proclaimed a public gold field after gold is discovered in the Selati River.

July[]

August[]

  • 20 – Prime Minister John Molteno authorises construction of the new Cape Eastern railway line from East London.

December[]

Unknown date[]

  • The University of South Africa is founded in Cape Town as the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
  • The Cape Government establishes the first district boarding schools to educate children from rural areas while education is standardised at the Cape.[6]
  • The town of East London is officially established through the proclaimed merger of the three settlements of Panmure, East London and East London East.
  • Warmbad is established as Hartingsburg at the hot springs north of Pretoria.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 1 May – David Livingstone is found dead on his knees beside his bed at Lake Bangweolo. (b. 1813)

Railways[]

East London Harbour Board 0-4-0

Railway lines opened[]

  • Namaqualand – Muishondfontein to Kookfontein, 15 miles (24.1 kilometres).[7]

Locomotives[]

  • Two Cape gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotives enter service at Port Elizabeth on the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways. They are the first Cape gauge locomotives to enter service in South Africa.[8]: 117–118 [9][10]: 6 
  • East London's first steam locomotive is landed at East London Harbour, a 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge 0-4-0 vertical boiler engine acquired for work on breakwater construction.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  3. ^ a b The British Empire: Griqualand West Administrators (Accessed on 16 April 2017)
  4. ^ Roberts, Brian. 1976. Kimberley, turbulent city. Cape Town: David Philip, p 115
  5. ^ Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia
  6. ^ Amersfoort Legacy Timeline 1658-present
  7. ^ Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0.
  8. ^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  9. ^ C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
  10. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
  11. ^ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
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