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- Incumbents
- Events
- Births
- Deaths
- Railways Railway lines opened Locomotives
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Use South African English|date=November 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1878}}The following lists events that happened during 1878 in South Africa. Incumbents- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Henry Barkly.
- Lieutenant-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: Thomas François Burgers.
- Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West: William Owen Lanyon.
- Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg.
Events- March
- 12 – Commander R.C. Dryer takes possession of the area surrounding Walvis Bay.
- May
- 14 – Paul Kruger leads a second deputation to the United Kingdom to demand the freedom of the South African Republic.
- July
- 17 – Nqwiliso, tribal chief of western Mpondoland and eldest son of the warrior Chief Ndamase, ceded sovereign rights of Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape Colony [1][2]
- December
- 11 – The British present an ultimatum to the Zulu king Cetshwayo, triggering the Anglo-Zulu War.
- Unknown date
- The 9th Cape Frontier War ends.
- The first telephones are set up in the Cape.
- The telegraph service between Natal and Transvaal is opened.
- The British suspend the elected Cape Government and assume direct control, after escalating disagreements on confederation and frontier policy.
- The last confirmed Cape Lion dies.[3]
Births- 14 March – Alexander du Toit, geologist. (d. 1948)
Deaths{{Empty section|date=October 2013}}RailwaysRailway lines opened- 25 May – Natal – Umgeni to Avoca, {{convert|4|mi|21|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[4]
- 1 August – Cape Midland – Glenconnor to Mount Stewart, {{convert|48|mi|70|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[5]
- 15 August – Cape Eastern – Kei Road to Döhne, {{convert|20|mi|45|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[5]
- 15 August – Cape Eastern – East London to Landing Jetty, {{convert|1|mi|58|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[5]
- 4 September – Natal – Durban to Pinetown, {{convert|17|mi|15|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[6]
- 4 November – Cape Western – Kleinstraat to Grootfontein, {{convert|86|mi|49|ch|km|1|abbr=off}}.[5]
Locomotives- The Cape Government Railways places a second locomotive in service on construction work on the Kowie harbour project at Port Alfred, a {{track gauge|4ft8.5in}} broad gauge {{nowrap|0-4-0}} saddle-tank engine named Aid.[7]
References1. ^Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 661.
2. ^http://www.portstjohns.org.za/history.htm
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/169450-v-muzeu-emila-holuba-se-ukryval-kapsky-lev.html|title=V muzeu Emila Holuba se ukrýval kapský lev|work=Novinky.cz|language=Czech|date=2009-05-22|accessdate=2011-08-26}}
4. ^Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
5. ^1 2 3 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.
6. ^The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 16.
7. ^{{Holland-Vol 1|pages=13-14, 18}}
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