1883 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1883 in South Africa.

1883
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

April
May
  • 9 Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
July
  • 22 Zulu King Cetshwayo barely escapes with his life in a rebel attack.
August

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

Locomotives

References

  1. Rall, Maureen (2002). Petticoat Pioneers: The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years. Kimberley, South Africa: Kimberley Africana Library. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-62027-613-9.
  2. 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 31 December 1909.
  3. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 37–38, 106–108. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  4. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 17. ISBN 0869772112.
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