1862 in South Africa

none April 2020 December 2013 1862 The following lists events that happened during 1862 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Robert Wynyard (acting until 14 January). Sir Philip Wodehouse (from 15 January). Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: John Scott. State President of the Orange Free State: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic: Stephanus Schoeman (acting until 17 April).Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (acting from 18 April). Events January 15 – Sir Philip Wodehouse becomes Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa. April 18 – W. C. Janse van Rensburg becomes acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic. October 2 – A breakwater construction locomotive for Table Bay Harbour arrives on the ship Navarino.Table Bay Harbour construction locomotives 9 – The Transvaal Civil War breaks out following Stephanus Schoeman's unconstitutional ousting of the acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic on 6 December 1860.Stormvoël van die Noorde by O JO Ferreira; Jan Viljoen – 'n Transvaalse Wesgrenspionier (unpublished MA dissertation); documents and notes from the Jack Seale collection. Unknown date Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited is established in London. Railways Railway lines opened 1 May – Cape Western – Cape Town to Stellenbosch, 30 mi km 1 off.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 Locomotives The Table Bay Harbour Board acquires a single broad-gauge locomotive, builder or appearance unknown, for excavation and breakwater construction work. 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 30em 1862 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa