1919 in South Africa

none April 2020 November 2013 1919 The following lists events that happened during 1919 in South Africa. Incumbents Monarch: King George V. Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Buxton.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Prime Minister: Louis Botha (until 27 August). Jan Smuts (from 3 September). Chief Justice: James Rose Innes Events April 23 – The Potchefstroom Teachers' College opens. August 27 – Prime Minister Louis Botha dies in office. September 3 – Jan Smuts becomes the 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa. 17 – German South West Africa is placed under South African administration. November 7 – Inspired by Cape Town's daily Noon Gun Three Minute Pause, King George V institutes the Two Minute Silence following a suggestion by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, to be observed annually at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month.Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 138. "2-Minute Wave of Silence" Revives a Time-honoured Tradition https://web.archive.org/web/20181001080310/http://people.becon.org/~rcl138/milestone.php 1 October 2018 . Accessed on 5 June 2014. 7 – The first Remembrance Day is observed in the British Empire with a two-minute silence at 11:00 hours. Births 1 January – Eustace Fannin, tennis player 3 March – Peter Abrahams, South African-born Jamaican novelist and journalist. (d. 2017) 8 December – Mary Benson, activist and author. (d. 2000) Deaths 19 March – Jack Hindon, Boer soldier. (b. 1874) 27 August – Louis Botha, Boer general, statesman, first Prime Minister. (b. 1862) thumb|Class 12A thumb|Class 16C thumb|Class NG G11 Railways Railway lines opened 9 January – Natal – Deviation from Umlaas Road to Pentrich, 19 mi 19 ch km 1 off.Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13 Locomotives Two new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR): The first of sixty-seven Class 12A 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives.55, 105–106 The first ten Class 16C 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives.92–93, 123 Three Class NG G11 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt locomotives on the Avontuur narrow gauge line through the Langkloof, the first Garratt locomotives to enter service in South Africa. References 30em 1919 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa