1862 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1862 in South Africa.

1862
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

January
April
October
Unknown date

Railways

Railway lines opened

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

  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. Table Bay Harbour construction locomotives
  4. Stormvoël van die Noorde by O JO Ferreira; Jan Viljoen – 'n Transvaalse Wesgrenspionier (unpublished MA dissertation); documents and notes from the Jack Seale collection.
  5. 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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