1864 in South Africa

	1864 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

February

• 2 – Johannes Henricus (Jan) Brand is inaugurated as the fourth president of the Orange Free State.

December

• 19 – A railway line to Wynberg, constructed with private capital, is opened to the public.^[1]

Unknown date

• The Republic of New Scotland is set up in what is now the Amsterdam region in Mpumalanga.
• Bloemhof is founded on the banks of the Vaal River when diamonds are discovered in the area.

Deaths

• 1 February – David Hume, explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown at the age of 66.

Railways

Cape Town Railway & Dock 2-4-0T

Railway lines opened

• 19 December – Cape Western – Salt River to Wynberg, 6 miles (9.7 kilometres).^[2]

Locomotives

• The first of three 2-4-0 tank locomotives are acquired as motive power for the Wynberg line, one by the Wynberg Railway Company and the other two by the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company who undertakes to rent and operate the line.^[3]

References

1. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 15–17, 23. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
2. 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
3. Blackie, Article by D. Littley, SA Rail September–October 1989, p. 133.