1900 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1900 in South Africa.

1900
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

January
February
March
May
June
July
  • 2 British forces occupy Utrecht after defeating the defending citizens the previous day.
  • 3 The British abandons Utrecht upon receiving reports of General Grobler's approach.
  • 3 British forces under Col. Baden-Powell evacuate Rustenburg.
August
October
November
December

Births

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

Locomotives

Cape
Transvaal
  • Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Imperial Military Railways (IMR):
  • The British War Office places two Sirdar class 0-4-0T narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service near Germiston. In 1912 they would become Class NG1 on the South African Railways.[6]

References

  1. "South African 'Boer' War - Guerrilla war: 1901-1902". New Zealand History. p. 7. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. Pakenham, Thomas (1979). The Boer War. Cardinal. ISBN 0-7474-0976-5.
  3. 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. 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.
  5. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  6. Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 16, 18–19, 43, 46–48, 99–100, 110. ISBN 0869772112.
  7. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 32, 120, 139. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
  8. Bagshawe, Peter (2012). Locomotives of the Namaqualand Railway and Copper Mines (1st ed.). Stenvalls. pp. 8–11, 16–23, 39–40. ISBN 978-91-7266-179-0.
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