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Date |
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| 1 | 1868 | - 1868—1869:
SA - Korana War along Orange River
- 1868—1868:
Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia)
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| 2 | 1869 | - 1869—1869:
SA - Railway from Port Nolloth to O'Kiep
- 1869—1869:
SA - Star of South Africa diamond discovered. Gold and diamond rush starts.
- 1869—1869:
Ball bearings, celluloid, margarine, and washing machines, all invented
- 23 Nov 1869—23 Nov 1869:
Cutty Sark launched in Dumbarton
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| 3 | 1870 | - 1870—1870:
SA - Galeshewe of Tlhaping born
- 1870—1884:
SA - |Xam prisoners at Cape Town interviewed by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd
- 1870—1871:
SA - The Anglican St. Peter's Church started in Port Elizabeth.
- 1870—1870:
SA - Opening of Cape Town Docks.
- 1870—1870:
GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised)
- 1870—1870:
Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children
- 1870—1870:
Water closets come into wide use
- 1870—1870:
Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa
- 1 Oct 1870—1 Oct 1870:
First British postcard - halfpenny post
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| 4 | 1871 | - 1871—1871:
SA - Diamonds found at New Rush; renamed Kimberley; 1873. Griqua claim to Diamond Fields recognised and Waterboer seeks British protection. Diamond mining stimulates migrant labour on unprecedented scale. Two thirds of black workforce comes from Limpopo valley
- 1871—1871:
SA - Gold discovered in Eastern Transvaal. Britain annexes the diamond fields of Kimberley and Griqua West. First mail from Cape Town to the diamond fields.
- 27 Mar 1871—27 Mar 1871:
First Rugby Football international, England v Scotland, played in Edinburgh
- 29 Mar 1871—29 Mar 1871:
Opening of Royal Albert Hall, London
- 29 Jun 1871—29 Jun 1871:
Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
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| 5 | 1872 | - 1872—1872:
Licensing hours introduced
- 1872—1872:
Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales)
- 4 Dec 1872—4 Dec 1872:
American ship 'Mary Celeste' is found abandoned by the British brig 'Dei Gratia' in the Atlantic Ocean
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| 6 | 1873 | - 1873—1873:
SA - Griqualand West proclaimed Crown Colony
- 1873—1873:
SA - Griqualand West established as a British colony. Gold discovered in Lydenburg district of Transvaal.
- 1873—1875:
SA - Approximately 3300 men, women and children arrive as agricultural settlers or labourers for public works.
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| 7 | 1874 | - 1874—1874:
SA - College founded at Stellenbosch (later Victoria College, today University of Stellenbosch). Railway line opened from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage.
- 1874—1874:
Factory Act introduces 56-hour week
- 5 Apr 1874—5 Apr 1874:
Birkenhead Park opened, said to be the first civic public park in the world - features of it later copied in Central Park, New York
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| 8 | 1875 | - 1875—1875:
SA - Black Flag Rebellion by white diggers at Kimberley
- 1875—1875:
SA - Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (Association for True Afrikaners) formed
- 1875—1875:
London's main sewage system completed
- 1 Jan 1875—1 Jan 1875:
Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies followed during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)
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| 9 | 1876 | - 1876—1876:
SA - Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje born
- 14 Feb 1876—14 Feb 1876:
Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray each file a patent for the telephone - Bell awarded the rights
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| 10 | 1877 | - 1877—1877:
SA - Native Locations for Tswana established in Griqualand West
- 1877—1877:
SA - Britain annexes the Transvaal Republic. Ninth Frontier War.
- 1877—1877:
Edison invents microphone and phonograph
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| 11 | 1878 | - 1878—1879:
SA - Griqualand West Rebellion and Korana War coincide with similar conflicts elsewhere in South Africa.
- 1878—1879:
SA - Griqualand West and Tswana Rebellion
- 1878—1878:
SA - Koegas atrocities
- 1878—1878:
SA - Walvis Bay proclaimed British territory. Telegraph service between Natal and Transvaal.
- 1878—1878:
Edison & Swan invent electric lamp
- 1878—1878:
Red Flag Act in Britain limits mechanical road vehicles to 4mph
- 1878—1878:
CID established at New Scotland Yard
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| 12 | 1879 | - 1 Sep 1879—1879:
SA - Zulu War starts, battles at Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift and Ulundi.
- 18 Sep 1879—18 Sep 1879:
Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
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| 13 | 1880 | - 1880—1880:
SA - Griqualand West annexed to Cape Colony
- 1880—1880:
SA - First Legislative Council in Transvaal. Formation of De Beers Company. Formation of the Afrikander Bond.
- 1880—1881:
SA - First Anglo-Boer War, Boers defeat Britain.
- 1880—1880:
Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
- 1880—1880:
Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria
- 2 Aug 1880—2 Aug 1880:
Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
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| 14 | 1881 | - 1881—1881:
SA - Jantje Mothibi of Tlhaping dies
- 1881—1882:
SA - Tswana-Kora wars with white mercenary involvement
- 1881—1881:
SA - Battle of Laing's Nek, 28 January. Battle of Majuba, 27 February. Britain recognises South African Republic (ZAR).
- 1881—1881:
Postal Orders introduced
- 1881—1881:
Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
- Sep 1881—Sep 1881:
Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity
supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904)
- 26 Oct 1881—26 Oct 1881:
Gunfight at OK Corral
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| 15 | 1882 | - 1882—1882:
SA - Abraham September (freed slave) begins Orange River irrigation
- 1882—1882:
SA - Approximately 4645 settlers arrive. South End Cemetery in Port Elizabeth started. Use of Dutch recognised in Cape Parliament.
- 1882—1882:
Fourth Eddystone Lighthouse completed
- 29 Aug 1882—1882:
SA - 229 Norwegians arrive aboard the "Lapland" and settle at the mouth of the Umzimkulu river (Port Shepstone), Natal.
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| 16 | 1883 | - 1883—1890:
SA - Germans occupy South West Africa and German East Africa
- 1883—1883:
SA - Revd Gwayi Tyamzashe; last black man to hold a claim in Kimberley mines; loses his claim
- 1883—1883:
Statue of Liberty presented to USA by France
- 24 May 1883—24 May 1883:
Brooklyn Bridge, New York opens (crosses East River)
- 1 Aug 1883—1 Aug 1883:
Parcel post starts in Britain
- 27 Aug 1883—27 Aug 1883:
Eruption of Krakatoa near Java - 30,000 killed by tidal wave
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| 17 | 1884 | - 1884—1885:
SA - Warren takes over Stellaland and Goshen; establishes Crown Colony of British Bechuanaland and Bechuanaland Protectorate
- 1884—1884:
SA - The Anglican St. Cuthbert's Church built in Port Elizabeth. Barberton goldfields opened.
- 31 May 1884—31 May 1884:
John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes
- 13 Oct 1884—13 Oct 1884:
Greenwich made prime meridian of the world
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| 18 | 1885 | - 1885—1885:
SA - Railway line opened from Cape to Kimberley.
- 1885—1885:
Carl Benz builds the 'Motorwagen', a single-cylinder motor car
- 1885—1885:
Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle
- 1885—1885:
Eastman makes first coated photographic paper
- 1885—1885:
Canadian Pacific Railway completed
- Mar 1885—Mar 1885:
First UK cremation in modern times took place at Woking
- 5 Sep 1885—5 Sep 1885:
The first train runs through the Severn Tunnel
- 29 Sep 1885—29 Sep 1885:
First electric tramcar used at Blackpool
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| 19 | 1886 | - 1886—1886:
SA - Gold found on Witwatersrand
- 1886—1886:
SA - Gold discovered in the Transvaal (Witwatersrand)
- 20 Jan 1886—20 Jan 1886:
Mersey railway (under Mersey) opened by Prince of Wales
- May 1886—May 1886:
Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage later named 'Coca-Cola'
- 29 May 1886—29 May 1886:
Putney Bridge opens in London
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| 20 | 1887 | - 1887—1887:
Daimler produces a four-wheeled motor car
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| 21 | 1888 | - 1888—1888:
SA - C.J. Rhodes amalgamates Kimberley mining companies as De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd
- 1888—1888:
SA - 'Rudd concession' signed by Lobengula
- 1888—1888:
SA - British South Africa Company founded.
- 1888—1888:
Convention of Constantinople guarantees free maritime passage through Suez Canal in war and peace
- 1888—1888:
Jack the Ripper active in east London during the latter half of the year
- 1888—1888:
County Councils set up in Britain
- 1888—1888:
Dunlop invents pneumatic tyre
- 1888—1888:
First box camera - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent
for his camera which uses roll film
- 20 Mar 1888—20 Mar 1888:
Football League formed
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| 22 | 1889 | - 1889—1889:
Celluloid film produced
- 1889—1889:
Dock Strike - docker's won their 'Docker's Tanner' 6 old pennies
- 31 Mar 1889—31 Mar 1889:
Eiffel Tower completed (to mark centenary of French Revolution)
- 14 May 1889—14 May 1889:
Children's charity NSPCC launched in London
- 3 Jun 1889—3 Jun 1889:
Canadian Pacific Railway completed from coast to coast
- 28 Sep 1889—28 Sep 1889:
Length of a metre defined
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| 23 | 1890 | - 1890—1890:
SA - Pioneer Column of Rhodes's British South Africa Company departs from Kimberley to occupy Rhodesia
- 1890—1890:
SA - Railway line reaches from Cape to Bloemfontein. First railway line in Transvaal, from Johannesburg to Boksburg.
- 4 Mar 1890—4 Mar 1890:
Forth railway bridge opens - took six years to build
- 4 Nov 1890—4 Nov 1890:
City & South London Railway opens - London's first deep-level tube railway
and first major railway in the world to use electric traction
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| 24 | 1891 | - 1891—1891:
Primary education made free and compulsory
- 18 Mar 1891—18 Mar 1891:
First telephone link between London & Paris
- 4 May 1891—4 May 1891:
Fictional date when Sherlock Holmes throws Moriarty over Reichenbach Falls, then disappears for 3 years! (published in 1893)
- 24 Aug 1891—24 Aug 1891:
Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
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| 25 | 1892 | - 1892—1892:
SA - Mankurwane of Tlhaping dies
- 1892—1892:
SA - Railway line to Johannesburg completed with connections from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London.
- 1892—1892:
Electric oven invented
- 1892—1892:
Shop Hours Act - limit 74 hours per week for under-18's
- 6 Oct 1892—6 Oct 1892:
Alfred Lord Tennyson dies, aged 83, at his house Aldworth, near Haslemere
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| 26 | 1893 | - 1893—1893:
Henry Ford's first car
- 1893—1893:
Zip fastener invented
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| 27 | 1894 | - 1894—1894:
SA - Glen Grey Act passed in Cape to control African labour and land
- 1894—1894:
Picture postcard introduced in Britain
- 1 Jan 1894—1 Jan 1894:
Manchester Ship Canal opens
- 1 Mar 1894—1 Mar 1894:
Blackpool Tower opens
- 30 Jun 1894—30 Jun 1894:
Tower Bridge first opens
- 2 Aug 1894—2 Aug 1894:
Death duties first introduced in Britain
- 2 Nov 1894—1894:
SA - Railway line between Lourenco Marques and Johannesburg opened.
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| 28 | 1895 | - 1895—1895:
Sir Henry Wood starts Promenade Concerts in London
- 1895—1895:
SA - The Jameson Raid takes place in the Johannesburg district in December. The Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railway line opened by the South African Republic. Railway line opened between Durban and Johannesburg on 16 Dec 1896. Rinderpest causes big loss of cattle.
- 12 Jan 1895—12 Jan 1895:
The National Trust founded in England
- 24 May 1895—24 May 1895:
Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted
- 28 May 1895—28 May 1895:
Oscar Wilde sent to prison
- 12 Jul 1895—12 Jul 1895:
First recorded motor journey of any length (56 miles) in Britain
- 17 Oct 1895—17 Oct 1895:
First people in Britain to be charged with motor offences - John Henry Knight and James Pullinger of Farnham, Surrey
- Nov 1895—Nov 1895:
X-rays discovered
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| 29 | 1896 | - 1896—1896:
SA - Montshiwa of Rolong dies
- 1896—1896:
SA - Rinderpest epidemic; spreading through Africa; breaks out here
- 1896—1897:
SA - Bechuanaland Campaign/Galeshewe's War begins at Phokwane and spreads to Langeberg
- 5 Apr 1896—5 Apr 1896:
First modern Olympic Games held in Athens
- 2 Jun 1896—2 Jun 1896:
Guglielmo Marconi receives a British patent (later disputed) for the radio
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| 30 | 1897 | - 1897—1897:
Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector
- 1897—1897:
SA - Luka Mothibi killed in Langeberg
- 1897—1897:
SA - Zululand incorporated into Natal. Railway line opened between Cape Town and Bulawayo.
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