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805:, report by Mr. J.G. Blumberg, Fairmount School, Johannesburg, excerpt from the autobiography of Dutch immigrant Jan de Veer who came to South Africa in 1893.
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Statement
Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway
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The Oranje-Vrijstaat
Gouwerment-Spoorwegen places the first of twenty-four new Cape 6th Class
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Mastodon type locomotives on the
Midland and Eastern Systems. In 1912 they would be designated
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was declared a plague-infected port. Quarantine will later be extended to 13 January 1897.
8:
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288:
411:'s first electric tram service begins operation along Adderley Street to Mowbray Hill.
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3 May – Petrus
Johannes Lemmer, composer of Afrikaans songs, is born in
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that operates a suburban passenger service between Cape Town and Sea Point.
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Baltic type locomotive in the world. It was later designated the
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with his wife and two sons, but the ship is placed under a 5-day
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851:. pp. 41–46, 57, 76–77, 83, 87–89, 108, 118–119, 126, 133.
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steam locomotives in service. In 1912 they would be designated
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Two 4-6-2 Pacific type tank locomotives enter service on the
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Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the
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The independent
Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway in the
701:The first of a second batch of forty-six 7th Class
447:South Africa's first school of mines is opened in
808:
515:of several monuments in South Africa, is born in
1320:
213:The following lists events that happened during
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845:Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways
780:(Transvaal Republic) places the first of three
687:The first of a second batch of fifty 6th Class
822:, Statement No. 19, p. 183, ref. no. 200954-13
917:
327:is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the
271:State President of the South African Republic
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367:13 – The Franchise Bill is passed by
924:
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578:17 September – Nicholaas Waterboer,
316:and his forces surrender at Doornkop near
1334:Years of the 19th century in South Africa
883:Locomotives of the South African Railways
825:
658:
648:
638:
605:1 February – Cape Eastern –
257:State President of the Orange Free State
842:
796:
599:
345:19 – A train carrying 56 tons of
281:Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope
1321:
905:
881:Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985).
627:2 November – Transvaal –
451:. It will later form the core of the
295:Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal
237:High Commissioner for Southern Africa
698:on the South African Railways (SAR).
786:saddle-tank locomotives in service.
694:. In 1912 they would be designated
654:Metropolitan & Suburban Pacific
556:, RMS Titanic survivor, is born in
13:
931:
752:(NGR) rebuilds one of its Class G
616:1 April – Transvaal –
507:at the Michaelis School of Art in
489:songs, is born in the district of
91:
82:
71:
62:
14:
1355:
716:Metropolitan and Suburban Railway
233:Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
1230:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1000:Democratic Republic of the Congo
453:University of the Witwatersrand
247:Governor of the Colony of Natal
758:tank locomotives to the first
669:
613:, 67 miles (107.8 kilometres).
357:, killing more than 78 people.
1:
790:
635:, 52 miles (83.7 kilometres).
624:, 34 miles (54.7 kilometres).
226:
204:List of years in South Africa
803:The Great Dynamite Explosion
251:Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell
7:
778:Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
594:
331:for his involvement in the
199:1896 in South African sport
10:
1360:
423:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
383:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1243:
1218:
937:
750:Natal Government Railways
572:
463:
301:
192:
156:
23:
985:Central African Republic
682:Cape Government Railways
582:chief and eldest son of
471:Stephanus Le Roux Marais
261:Pieter Jeremias Blignaut
843:Holland, D.F. (1971).
666:
656:
646:
530:, is born at Chifira,
498:Ivan Mitford-Barberton
291:(starting January 13).
265:Martinus Theunis Steyn
96:
87:
76:
67:
1344:Years in South Africa
1145:São Tomé and Príncipe
1005:Republic of the Congo
662:
652:
642:
314:Leander Starr Jameson
95:
86:
75:
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1329:1896 in South Africa
600:Railway lines opened
287:(until January 13),
1220:States with limited
849:David & Charles
552:27 October –
532:Nkhata Bay District
496:1 February –
469:1 February –
267:(starting March 4).
667:
657:
647:
289:John Gordon Sprigg
97:
88:
77:
68:
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1247:other territories
1020:Equatorial Guinea
858:978-0-7153-5382-0
692:steam locomotives
584:Andries Waterboer
285:Cecil John Rhodes
263:(until March 4),
241:Hercules Robinson
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1299:Ascension Island
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425:arrives back in
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18:List of events
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528:trade unionist
522:April –
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1060:Guinea-Bissau
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664:PPR 26 Tonner
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554:Edith Haisman
551:
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538:(now Malawi).
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517:Somerset East
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385:embarks from
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1295:Saint Helena
1266:
1170:South Africa
1169:
1160:Sierra Leone
965:Burkina Faso
882:
844:
819:
802:
798:
644:SAR Class 6A
633:Frederikstad
491:Bloemfontein
457:Johannesburg
442:Unknown date
393:en route to
355:Johannesburg
351:Braamfontein
349:explodes at
333:Jameson Raid
325:Cecil Rhodes
220:South Africa
214:
212:
172:
122:
115:South Africa
29:
15:
1222:recognition
1175:South Sudan
1065:Ivory Coast
764:NGR Class H
738:on the SAR.
709:on the SAR.
670:Locomotives
629:Krugersdorp
607:Sterkstroom
588:Griekwastad
562:Cape Colony
421:18 –
329:Cape Colony
318:Krugersdorp
275:Paul Kruger
1323:Categories
1277:(Portugal)
1235:Somaliland
1155:Seychelles
1120:Mozambique
1105:Mauritania
1090:Madagascar
1045:The Gambia
980:Cape Verde
892:0869772112
791:References
723:Free State
618:Kaapmuiden
586:, dies in
431:quarantine
407:6 –
381:5 –
323:6 –
312:2 –
227:Incumbents
1110:Mauritius
783:26 Tonner
771:Transvaal
622:Barberton
558:Worcester
547:Transvaal
536:Nyasaland
509:Cape Town
487:Afrikaans
449:Kimberley
409:Cape Town
193:See also:
1301: /
1297: /
1290:(France)
1284: /
1262: /
1258: /
1210:Zimbabwe
1185:Tanzania
1035:Ethiopia
1030:Eswatini
1010:Djibouti
975:Cameroon
960:Botswana
736:Class 6C
707:Class 7A
696:Class 6A
595:Railways
513:sculptor
483:composer
475:organist
433:because
416:December
391:Calcutta
347:dynamite
340:February
157:Decades:
1286:Réunion
1282:Mayotte
1273:Madeira
1268:(Spain)
1264:Melilla
1195:Tunisia
1165:Somalia
1150:Senegal
1135:Nigeria
1125:Namibia
1115:Morocco
1080:Liberia
1075:Lesotho
1025:Eritrea
995:Comoros
970:Burundi
945:Algeria
684:(CGR):
505:teacher
479:teacher
307:January
124:→
31:←
1305:
1288:
1275:
1205:Zambia
1200:Uganda
1140:Rwanda
1095:Malawi
1055:Guinea
950:Angola
889:
855:
580:Griqua
573:Deaths
464:Births
435:Bombay
427:Durban
402:August
395:Bombay
387:Durban
302:Events
1260:Ceuta
1180:Sudan
1130:Niger
1085:Libya
1070:Kenya
1050:Ghana
1040:Gabon
1015:Egypt
955:Benin
760:4-6-4
755:4-6-0
743:Natal
731:4-6-0
703:4-8-0
689:4-6-0
611:Indwe
369:Natal
185:1910s
180:1900s
174:1890s
168:1880s
163:1870s
1190:Togo
1100:Mali
990:Chad
887:ISBN
853:ISBN
748:The
675:Cape
566:1997
564:(d.
511:and
481:and
389:for
376:June
235:and
216:1896
140:1899
135:1898
130:1897
106:1896
47:1893
42:1894
37:1895
631:to
620:to
609:to
502:art
485:of
455:in
362:May
297:: .
218:in
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560:,
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