1870 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1870 in South Africa.

1870
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

May
July
December
Date unknown

Births

  • 24 May Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman. (d. 1950)

Deaths

Railways

Locomotives

  • A second locomotive is at work on excavation and breakwater construction in Table Bay Harbour, a 0-4-0 saddle-tank engine believed to have been built by Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works and delivered to the Cape at some time between 1863 and 1870.[6][7]

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  3. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 115–117. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  4. "History of Cape Town: The growth of the city and the port". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  5. South Africa’s Yesterdays, The Reader’s Digest Association South Africa (Pty.) Limited, 1981, (Editor Peter Joyce), p171, ISBN 0 620 05019 5
  6. The Cape Argus of 19 July 1870.
  7. Dating the opening of Hughes Works
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