1892 in South Africa

none February 2023 October 2013 1892 The following lists events that happened during 1892 in South Africa. Incumbents Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Henry Brougham Loch. Governor of the Colony of Natal: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell. State President of the Orange Free State: Francis William Reitz. State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger. Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Cecil John Rhodes. Events February 8 – The Orange Free State, Transvaal and the Cape Colony officially adopt a uniform standard time of GMT+01:30.Timezone change of 1892 http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=111&year=1892 August 20 – The Johannesburg Reform Committee is established by prominent Johannesburg citizens. September 8 – The South African and International Exhibition opens 15 – The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 15. Births 3 January – J.R.R. Tolkien, writer, poet, philologist and professor. (d. 1973) Deaths Deaths in 1892 Category:1892 deaths Railways Railway lines opened 8 February – Cape Midland – Rosmead Junction to Stormberg Junction to link with the Cape Eastern, 83 mi 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. 7 May – Free State – Bloemfontein to Vaal River Bridge, 212 mi 79 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. 183, ref. no. 200954-13 21 May – Cape Eastern – Albert Junction (Dreunberg Junction) to Bethulie Bridge, 39 mi km 1 off. thumb|CGR 7th Class thumb|NZASM 40 Tonner 21 May – Free State – Bethulie Bridge to Springfontein, 28 mi 2 ch km 1 off. 20 June – Transvaal – Malelane to Nelspruit, 38 mi km 1 off. 12 July – Natal – Danskraal to Natal-Free State border, 35 mi 79 ch km 1 off. 12 July – Free State – Natal-Free State border to Harrismith, 23 mi 12 ch km 1 off. 15 September – Transvaal – Vaal River Bridge to Germiston, 40 mi km 1 off. Locomotives Cape The Cape Government Railways places the first six 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service.40–41, 614-7, 22-23, 38-3946-48 Transvaal The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal Republic) places the first of twenty 40 Tonner tank locomotives in service.113–114 References 1892 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa Category:1890s in South Africa Category:Years of the 19th century in South Africa