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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 1902 in South Africa.
Incumbents
Cape Colony
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope: Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg.
Natal
- Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Edward McCallum.
- Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: Albert Henry Hime.
Orange Free State / Orange River Colony
- State President of the Orange Free State: Martinus Theunis Steyn (until 31 May).
- Governor of the Orange River Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony: Hamilton Goold-Adams.
South African Republic / Transvaal
- State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger (until 31 May) (in exile); Schalk Willem Burger (acting until 31 May).
- Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal: Sir Arthur Lawley.
Events
- February
- 27 – Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria for the murder of Boer prisoners of war near Louis Trichardt.
- March
- 7 – The Burghers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
- April
- 4 – The town Concordia in Namaqualand surrenders to Boer forces.[1]
- 8 – O'okiep is besieged by Boer forces under General Jan Smuts.[1][2]
- May
- 1 – Boer commandos use the locomotive Pioneer to propel a truck-load of dynamite into the besieged O'okiep.[1]
- 4 – Boer General Jan Smuts meets with the British General Herbert Kitchener at Kroonstad.
- 6 – Qulusi-Zulu chief Sikhobobo with a 300-strong impi attacks Field-cornet Potgieter and 70 Boers while sleeping, leaving 56 Burghers and 52 Zulus dead in the Battle of Holkrans.
- 31 – The Second Boer War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging at Melrose House in Pretoria.
- December
- Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Durban from Bombay.
- Unknown date
- James Stevenson-Hamilton is appointed the first warden of the Sabie Game Reserve.
Births
- 1 January – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer. (d. 1977)
Deaths
- 26 March – Cecil John Rhodes, businessman, mining magnate, imperialist and politician.
- 2 May – Jan Stephanus de Villiers, composer and organist, dies in Paarl.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Sannaspos, Шаблон:Convert.[3]
- 18 July – Natal – Tugela to Mhlatuze, Шаблон:Convert.[3]
- 1 August – Cape Midland – Cookhouse to Somerset East, Шаблон:Convert.[4]
- 1 August – Cape Midland – Klipplaat to Willowmore, Шаблон:Convert.[4]
- 1 August – Cape Western – Sir Lowry's Pass Village to Caledon, Шаблон:Convert.[4]
- 15 November – Cape Western – Moorreesburg to Eendekuil, Шаблон:Convert.[4]
Locomotives
- Cape
- Four new Cape gauge and three narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
- Fourteen 6th Class bar framed 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 6J on the South African Railways (SAR).[5][6]
- The last ten 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives on the Eastern System. In 1912 they will be designated Class 7C on the SAR.[5][6]
- The first thirteen of twenty-three 8th Class [[4-8-0|Шаблон:Nowrap]] Mastodon locomotives on the Western, Midland and Eastern Systems. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8 on the SAR.[5][6]
- A single experimental [[2-8-0|Шаблон:Nowrap]] "Consolidation" type tandem compound steam locomotive, in 1912 designated Class Experimental 2 on the SAR.[6][7]
- Three Type A 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotives, later to become Class NG7 on the SAR, on the Hopefield narrow gauge branchline that is being constructed from Kalbaskraal.[6]
- Two Type A 2-6-4T Adriatic type narrow gauge locomotives on construction service on the new Avontuur branch that is being built out of Port Elizabeth through the Langkloof.[6]
- A single Type C 0-4-0 narrow gauge tank steam locomotive named Midget on the Avontuur branch.[6][8]
- Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service with the East London and Table Bay Harbour Boards:
- Two 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter shunting service at the East London Harbour.[6][7]
- Eleven 2-6-0 saddle-tank locomotives enter harbour shunting service in Table Bay Harbour.[6][7]
- Natal
- The Natal Government Railways places ten Class F Шаблон:Nowrap Baltic type tank steam locomotives in service, the first known locomotive in the world to be designed and built as a Baltic. In 1912 they will be designated Class E on the SAR.[5]
- The Natal Harbours Department places a single saddle-tank locomotive named Congella in service as harbour shunter in Durban Harbour.[7]
- The Zululand Railway Company, contractors for the construction of the North Coast line from Verulam to the Tugela River, acquires two 2-6-0 Mogul type tender locomotives as construction engines, later to be designated Class I on the NGR.[5]
- Transvaal
- The Imperial Military Railways places forty Cape 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8A on the SAR.[5]
References
Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Africa topic
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Bagshawe
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 184, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 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.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 Шаблон:Holland-Vol 1
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,4 6,5 6,6 6,7 6,8 Шаблон:Paxton-Bourne
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 Шаблон:Holland-Vol 2
- ↑ Шаблон:Dulez 150
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