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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use South African English Шаблон:Year in South Africa The following lists events that happened during 1863 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Philip Wodehouse.
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott.
- State President of the Orange Free State:
- Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (until 17 June).[1]
- Jacobus Johannes Venter (acting from 20 June).[1][2]
- President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: W.C. Janse van Rensburg (acting until instated).[3]
Events
- March
- 18 – Joseph Allison becomes acting State President of the Orange Free State until 17 June during the absence of M.W. Pretorius.[2]
- April
- 1 – The Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company commences with the first horse-drawn trams in Cape Town from the foot of Adderley Street and out along Somerset Road to Green Point.
- June
- 17 – M.W. Pretorius resigns as State President of the Orange Free State.
- 20 – Jacobus Johannes Venter becomes acting State President of the Orange Free State.[2]
- October
- 23 – Acting President Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg becomes President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic.[3]
- November
- 4 – The Cape Town-Wellington railway is officially inaugurated.[4][5]
Births
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 4 November – Cape Western – Stellenbosch to Wellington, Шаблон:Convert.[6]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ↑ Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1943). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter I - The Period of the 4 ft. 8½ in. Gauge. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, June 1943. pp. 437-440.
- ↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 4, 8.
- ↑ 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
