Timeline: Laura Myra Alexander: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Laura Myra Alexander

1888 - 1892 (4 years)

1883

Laura Myra Alexander (1888 - 1892)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1883	1883—1890: SA - Germans occupy South West Africa and German East Africa
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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

Date

Event(s)

1883

1883—1890:
SA - Germans occupy South West Africa and German East Africa

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

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

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

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

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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