Английская Википедия:1860 in South Africa
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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use South African English Шаблон:Year in South Africa The following lists events that happened during 1860 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir George Grey.[1][2]
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott.
- State President of the Orange Free State:
- Esaias Reynier Snijman (acting until 7 February).[3]
- Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (from 8 February).[3]
- President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic:
- Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (until 14 September).[4]
- Johannes Hermanus Grobler (acting from 15 September until 5 December).[4]
- Stephanus Schoeman (acting from 6 December).[4]
Events
- February
- May
- 1 – The seat of the South African Republic (ZAR) government is officially transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria.
- 4 – The Orange Free State signs a peace treaty with Moshoeshoe I at Wittebergen, near Winburg, ending the first Basuto War.
- June
- 26 – The Natal Railway Company officially opens the first revenue-earning railway line in South Africa, a Шаблон:Convert line from Market Square in Durban to the newly built Point station at Durban Harbour.[5]
- September
- 15 – Johannes Hermanus Grobler becomes acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic.[4]
- 17 – The Alfred Dock in Table Bay, Cape Town is officially opened by sixteen-year-old Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria.
- December
- 6 – Stephanus Schoeman unconstitutionally ousts J.H. Grobler as acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic.[4]
- Unknown date
- The first indenture of Indian workers arrive in Natal to work in the sugar industry.
- The first telegraph service in South Africa starts operating between Cape Town and Simonstown.
- The penny post is started in Cape Town.
Births
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 26 June – Natal – Durban to Point, Шаблон:Convert.[6]
Locomotives
- 20 March – The Cape Town Railway and Dock Company takes delivery of eight broad gauge 0-4-2 tender locomotives for service on the Cape Town-Wellington line, which is still under construction.[5]
- 13 May – The Natal Railway Company's first locomotive, the broad gauge engine "Natal", is landed at Durban.[5]
References
Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Africa topic
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ World Statesmen: Botswana (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)Шаблон:Dead link
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 Шаблон:Holland-Vol 1
- ↑ Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
