1870 in South Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Incumbents
- Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:
- Sir Philip Wodehouse (until 19 May).
- Charles Craufurd Hay (acting from 20 May to 30 December).
- Sir Henry Barkly (from 31 December).
- Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: Robert William Keate.
- State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand.[1]
- State President of the South African Republic: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius.[2]
Events
- May
- 20 â Charles Craufurd Hay becomes acting Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.
- July
- 30 â The Klipdrift Republic is proclaimed by a group of diamond miners with Stafford Parker as their president.
- December
- 31 â Sir Henry Barkly is appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.
- Date unknown
- The Alfred Basin in Table Bay Harbour, named after Prince Alfred, is completed.[3][4][5]
Births
- 24 May â Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman. (d. 1950)
Deaths
- 11 March â Moshoeshoe I, King of Lesotho. (b. c. 1786)
Railways
Locomotives
- A second locomotive is at work on excavation and breakwater construction in Table Bay Harbour, a 0-4-0 saddle-tank engine believed to have been built by Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works and delivered to the Cape at some time between 1863 and 1870.[6][7]