1885 in South Africa

none December 2013 January 2024 1885 The following lists events that happened during 1885 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: Paul Kruger. Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Thomas Upington. Events February 26 – The Berlin Conference ends and the Scramble for Africa begins. September 30 – A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland. November 28 – The railway line from Cape Town to Kimberley is completed.The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 13. Births 31 January – Marthinus Johannes de Jong, landscape painter, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Deaths Deaths in 1885 Category:1885 deaths Railways Railway lines opened 2 September – Cape Eastern – Molteno to Aliwal North, 69 mi 35 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. 28 November – Cape Western – Oranjerivier to Kimberley, 76 mi 70 ch km 1 off. 21 December – Natal – Merrivale to Estcourt, 61 mi 50 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 References 2 1885 in collapsed South Africa South Africa Category:1880s in South Africa Category:Years of the 19th century in South Africa