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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 1876 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Henry Barkly.
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer.
- State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand.
- State President of the South African Republic: Thomas François Burgers.
- Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West: William Owen Lanyon.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Charles Molteno.
Events
- January
- The inaugural Champion Bat Tournament is held, a predecessor of first-class cricket in South Africa.
- 15 – Die Patriot, the first Afrikaans newspaper, begins to be published in Paarl.
- February
- 5 – The ship Memento sinks off East London and two 2nd Class 2-6-2TT locomotives intended for the Eastern System of the Cape Government Railways are lost.[1]
- March
- 27 – The Cape Times, the first daily newspaper in South Africa, begins in Cape Town, Cape Colony
- June
- July
- Construction begins on the Cape Town Central Station as hub to the Cape Government Railways.
- October
- 19 – The 2,700 ton steamer Windsor Castle sinks off Dassen Island.
- Unknown date
- A Dutch Reformed Church is built at what is now the town of Amersfoort in Mpumalanga Province.
- Prime Minister Molteno travels as plenipotentiary to London to discuss Britain's proposed confederation model for southern Africa.
- The "Molteno Unification Plan" is put forward as an alternative model for eventual political consolidation in southern Africa.[2]
- Isigidimi Sama Xhosa, the first Xhosa-run newspaper, is begun in Lovedale, Cape Colony.
- Britain admits wrongful action in its annexation of Griqualand West.
- President Johannes Brand of the Orange Free State rejects any discussion of Carnarvon's proposed confederation system for Southern Africa.
- The country's first official archives are created when the Cape Government appoints a commission to assemble, sort and index the records of the Cape.[3]
- Southern Africa's first railway tunnel, the Hex River tunnel on the railway line between Osplaas and Matroosberg, is completed.[4]
Births
- 9 October – Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer, is born near Boshof, Orange Free State.
- 21 October – Sir Fraser Russell, Governor of Southern Rhodesia. (d. 1952)
Deaths
Railways
New lines
- Construction begins on the East London-King William's Town line.[5][6]
- In Natal construction begins on the Cape gauge railway line inland from Durban.[5]
Railway lines opened
- 1 January – Namaqualand – Kookfontein to O'okiep, Шаблон:Convert.[7]
- 1 April – Cape Midland – Addo to Sand Flats, Шаблон:Convert.[8]
- 16 June – Cape Western – Ceres Road to Worcester, Шаблон:Convert.[8]
- 14 September – Cape Western – Bellville to Muldersvlei, Шаблон:Convert.[8]
- 18 December – Cape Eastern – East London to Breidbach, Шаблон:Convert.[8]
Locomotives
- Cape
Six new locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
- The first ten of eighteen 1st Class 2-6-0 Mogul goods locomotives on the Western system.[1][9]Шаблон:Rp[10]
- A pair of Stephenson's Patent back-to-back 2-6-0 Mogul type side-tank locomotives on the Cape Midland system.[1][11]Шаблон:Rp
- The first of eight 2-6-0 Mogul tender locomotives on the Midland system, also designated 1st Class, all later rebuilt to saddle-tank shunting engines.[1][9]Шаблон:Rp[11]Шаблон:Rp
- A single experimental Шаблон:Nowrap Fairlie locomotive and a pair of 0-6-0 Stephenson's Patent permanently coupled back-to-back tank locomotives for comparative trials on the Eastern system. The Fairlie is the first articulated locomotive to enter service in South Africa.[9]Шаблон:Rp[12][13][14]
- The first of three 1st Class 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotives with domed boilers on the Eastern System.[1][11]Шаблон:Rp
- Natal
- In January the Natal Railway Company obtains its third and last Шаблон:Track gauge broad gauge locomotive, a side-tank engine named Perseverance.[9]Шаблон:Rp
References
Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Africa topic
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94–95.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite EB1911
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web (Retrieved on 3 September 2016)
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Шаблон:Bagshawe
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 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 31st December, 1909.
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 Шаблон:Holland-Vol 1
- ↑ Шаблон:Dulez 150
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 11,2 Шаблон:Holland-Vol 2
- ↑ Шаблон:Dulez 150
- ↑ Abbott, Rowland A.S. (1970). The Fairlie Locomotive, (1st ed.). South Devon House, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, Newton Abbot. pp. 34, 36-38. Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ What were these, 2-6-0T or 0-6-0T?
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