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1883 in South Africa

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1883
in
South Africa

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1883 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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April
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

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Railway lines opened

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CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0

Locomotives

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References

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  1. ^ Rall, Maureen (2002). Petticoat Pioneers: The History of the Pioneer Women who Lived on the Diamond Fields in the Early Years. Kimberley, South Africa: Kimberley Africana Library. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-62027-613-9.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 37–38, 106–108. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
  4. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 17. ISBN 0869772112.