1859 in South Africa

none April 2020 November 2013 1859 The following lists events that happened during 1859 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir George Grey.Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University Sir George Grey (1812–1898) 23 March 2016 https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grey-sir-george-2125 Botswana https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Botswana.html 2024-09-12 www.worldstatesmen.org Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott. State President of the Orange Free State: Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff (until 5 September).Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 - Archontology https://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/orange_free_state/00_1854_1902_s.php 2024-09-12 www.archontology.org Esaias Reynier Snijman (acting from 6 September). President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.South African Republic: Heads of State: 1857-1877 - Archontology https://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/transvaal/00_1857_1877_s.php 2024-09-12 www.archontology.org Events September 6 – Esaias Reynier Snijman becomes the acting State President of the Orange Free State. 8 – The first railway locomotive in South Africa is brought ashore in Cape Town.11–15, 18, 23 Births 11 January – John Tengo Jabavu, political activist and newspaper editor. (d. 1921) 1 May – Willem Johannes Leyds, attorney-general of the South African Republic. (d. 1940) Deaths November 2013 May 31 May – Henry Clifford de Meillon, painter (born c. 1800)Caroline Simpson Collection https://first.mhnsw.au/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recno=42477 first.mhnsw.au Museum of History NSW 27 June 2023 Railways thumb|Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-0T Railway lines Construction begins on the Cape Town-Wellington Railway.The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978. Locomotives 8 September – A small 0-4-0 tank steam locomotive is landed in Cape Town, to be used during construction of the first railway in South Africa. References 30em 1859 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa