1862 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1862 in South Africa.
Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:
- Sir Robert Wynyard (acting until 14 January).
- Sir Philip Wodehouse (from 15 January).
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott.
- State President of the Orange Free State: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.[1]
- President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic:
- Stephanus Schoeman (acting until 17 April).[2]
- Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (acting from 18 April).[2]
Events
- January
- 15 – Sir Philip Wodehouse becomes Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.
- April
- 18 – W. C. Janse van Rensburg becomes acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic.[2]
- October
- 2 – A breakwater construction locomotive for Table Bay Harbour arrives on the ship Navarino.[3]
- 9 – The Transvaal Civil War breaks out following Stephanus Schoeman's unconstitutional ousting of the acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic on 6 December 1860.[4]
- Unknown date
- Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited is established in London.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 1 May – Cape Western – Cape Town to Stellenbosch, 30 miles (48.3 kilometres).[5]
Locomotives
- The Table Bay Harbour Board acquires a single broad-gauge locomotive, builder or appearance unknown, for excavation and breakwater construction work.[3]
Births
- 24 July - Percy FitzPatrick, author, politician, mining financier and fruit industry pioneer. (d. 1931)
- 27 September – Louis Botha, Boer general and politician. (d. 1919)
References
- ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ^ a b c Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ^ a b Table Bay Harbour construction locomotives
- ^ Stormvoël van die Noorde by O JO Ferreira; Jan Viljoen – 'n Transvaalse Wesgrenspionier (unpublished MA dissertation); documents and notes from the Jack Seale collection.
- ^ 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
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