1883 in South Africa

none February 2023 October 2013 1883 The following lists events that happened during 1883 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Hercules Robinson. 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 (until 9 May), Paul Kruger (starting 9 May). Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Thomas Charles Scanlen. Events April 16 – Paul Kruger is re-elected president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. May 9 – Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. July 22 – Zulu King Cetshwayo barely escapes with his life in a rebel attack. August 6 – The United States of Stellaland is established when the Republics of Stellaland and Goshen unite. 12 – The last Quagga in the world dies in captivity at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, making the species extinct. Births February – Z. D. Mangoaela, Basotho folklorist and writer (d. 1963) 6 August – Constance Georgina Adams, botanist (d. 1968)Rall Maureen Petticoat Pioneers: The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years Kimberley, South Africa Kimberley Africana Library 2002 117 978-0-62027-613-9 Deaths 9 August – Robert Moffat, Scottish Congregationalist missionary. Died in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells, England. Railways Railway lines opened thumb|CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 5 May – Cape Western – Muizenberg to Kalkbaai, 1 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 31 December 1909. 14 May – Cape Western – Beaufort West to Victoria West Road, 80 mi 41 ch km 1 off. 15 October – Cape Eastern – Queenstown to Sterkstroom, 35 mi 28 ch km 1 off. 16 October – Cape Midland – Cradock to Colesberg, 126 mi 19 ch km 1 off. Locomotives Eighteen 3rd Class 4-4-0 tender passenger locomotives are delivered to the Cape Government Railways from Neilson and Company and placed in passenger service out of Cape Town, East London and Port Elizabeth respectively.37-38, 106-10817 References 1883 in collapsed