1885 in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1885 in South Africa.

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List of years in South Africa

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February

26 â The Berlin Conference ends and the Scramble for Africa begins.

September

30 â A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland.

November

28 â The railway line from Cape Town to Kimberley is completed.^[1]

Births

31 January â Marthinus Johannes de Jong, landscape painter, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Deaths

Railways

Railway lines opened

2 September â Cape Eastern â Molteno to Aliwal North, 69 miles 35 chains (111.7 kilometres).^[2]
28 November â Cape Western â Oranjerivier to Kimberley, 76 miles 70 chains (123.7 kilometres).^[2]
21 December â Natal â Merrivale to Estcourt, 61 miles 50 chains (99.2 kilometres).^[3]

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