1880 in South Africa

none August 2020 October 2013 1880 The following lists events that happened during 1880 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: John Gordon Sprigg. Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer. State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand. State President of the South African Republic: Triumviate of Paul Kruger, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and Piet Joubert. Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West: James Rose Innes (until 15 October). Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg. Monarch - Queen Alexandrina VictoriaHibbert Christopher Queen Victoria: a personal history 2001 HarperCollins 978-0-00-638843-2 London Events March 20 March – £50,000 worth of diamonds are reported stolen from Cape Town's post office. April Paul Kruger and Joubert travel to the Cape to campaign against the federation. Their mission succeeds, but Gladstone refuses self-rule.General South African History Timeline: 1800s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1800s 2025-03-14 www.sahistory.org.za 23 April – Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, who was killed in Zululand during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. June 15 June – The Natal South Coast railway line from Durban is opened to traffic to Isipingo. August British Governor Bartle Frere is recalled to London to face charges of misconduct. September Cape Prime Minister Gordon Sprigg's attempt at disarming the Basotho ignites the Basuto Gun War. October 18 October – Griqualand West is annexed to the Cape Colony. December The Volksraad meet at Paardekraal, as Kruger, Joubert, and Pretorius form the new republic's government. Kruger-based in Heidelberg, armed forces take positions on the Natal border and around the British garrison in the Transvaal. Kruger seeks negotiations, knowing that the British forces are stronger. 16 December – Britain declares war against the South African Republic and starts the first Boer War. Unknown date Britain forms the first Legislative Council in the Transvaal. The Afrikander Bond is established. The Transvaal declares itself the South African Republic again. The John N Gamewell, a small American brigantine, sinks off the west coast of the Cape Colony near Port Elizabeth. The Muizenberg Flyer, a faster suburban passenger train service, is introduced in Cape Town.MetroRail History First keeper of the Colonial Archives of the Cape Colony is appointed. Fietas, Johannesburg is known as the 'Malay Location'. Its population is mainly 'coloured', 'Cape coloured', and Malay. Births Cecilia Makiwane, first black woman to become a professional nurse in South Africa. 23 December - John Hewitt, zoologist and archaeologist (d. 1961) Railways thumb|CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT thumb|NGR Class K 0-6-0ST Railway lines opened 1 February – Natal – Rossburgh to Isipingo, 6 mi 27 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. 182, ref. no. 200954-13 5 February – Cape Western – Fraserburg Road to Beaufort West, 48 mi 45 ch km 1 off.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 31st December, 1909." 2 March – Cape Midland – Middleton to Cookhouse, 17 mi km 1 off. 5 May – Cape Eastern – Cathcart to Queenstown, 45 mi 2 ch km 1 off. 1 December – Natal – Botha's Hill to Pietermaritzburg, 41 mi 9 ch km 1 off.The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 16. Locomotives The Cape Government Railways places the first nine of eighteen 4th Class 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in mainline service on its Midland System working out of Port Elizabeth and Eastern System working out of East London.32-34C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94–95. The Natal Government Railways places a Class K 0-6-0 saddle-tank locomotive in service.126-127NGR Class K of 1879, John Milne & no. 15 References 1880 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa