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- Incumbents
- Events May July August December Unknown date
- Births
- Deaths
- Railways Railway lines opened Locomotives
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=October 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1873}}The following lists events that happened during 1873 in South Africa. Incumbents- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Henry Barkly.
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal:
- Sir Anthony Musgrave (until 29 April).
- Thomas Milles (acting from 30 April to 21 July).
- Sir Benjamin Pine (from 22 July).
- State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand.[1]
- State President of the South African Republic: Thomas François Burgers.[2]
- Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West: Sir Richard Southey (from 17 July).[3]
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Sir John Molteno.
Events- April
- 30 – Thomas Milles becomes acting Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.
May- 1 – The use of Dutch is officially allowed in the Cape of Good Hope's parliament.
- 14 – The Ohrigstad area is proclaimed a public gold field after gold is discovered in the Selati River.
July- 5 – New Rush in Griqualand West is renamed Kimberley after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley.[4]
- 17 – Sir Richard Southey becomes the first Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West.[3]
- 22 – Sir Benjamin Pine becomes Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal.
August- 20 – Prime Minister John Molteno authorises construction of the new Cape Eastern railway line from East London.
December- 4 – {{HMS|Challenger|1858|6}}, on its worldwide marine research expedition, is officially welcomed in Cape Town.
- 26 – HMS Challenger arrives at Prince Edward Islands and contacts survey and charts the islands [5]
Unknown date- The University of South Africa is founded in Cape Town as the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
- The Cape Government establishes the first district boarding schools to educate children from rural areas while education is standardised at the Cape.[6]
- The town of East London is officially established through the proclaimed merger of the three settlements of Panmure, East London and East London East.
- Warmbad is established as Hartingsburg at the hot springs north of Pretoria.
Births- 13 August – C.J. Langenhoven, playwright, poet, journalist, politician and author of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika. (d. 1932)
- 20 August – William Henry Bell, musician, composer and first director of the South African College of Music. (d. 1946)
Deaths- 1 May – David Livingstone is found dead on his knees beside his bed at Lake Bangweolo. (b. 1813)
RailwaysRailway lines opened- Namaqualand – Muishondfontein to Kookfontein, {{convert|15|mi|km|1|abbr=off}}.[7]
Locomotives- Two Cape gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotives enter service at Port Elizabeth on the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways. They are the first Cape gauge locomotives to enter service in South Africa.[8]{{rp|117–118}}[9][10]{{rp|6}}
- East London's first steam locomotive is landed at East London Harbour, a {{convert|7|ft|1/4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} Brunel gauge 0-4-0 vertical boiler engine acquired for work on breakwater construction.[11]
References1. ^Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. ^Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
3. ^1 The British Empire: Griqualand West Administrators (Accessed on 16 April 2017)
4. ^Roberts, Brian. 1976. Kimberley, turbulent city. Cape Town: David Philip, p 115
5. ^[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA531&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia]
6. ^Amersfoort Legacy Timeline 1658-present
7. ^{{Bagshawe}}
8. ^{{Holland-Vol 2}}
9. ^C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
10. ^{{Paxton-Bourne}}
11. ^{{Holland-Vol 1|page=19}}
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