1860 in South Africa

	1860 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

May

• 1 – The seat of the South African Republic (ZAR) government is officially transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria.
• 4 – The Orange Free State signs a peace treaty with Moshoeshoe I at Wittebergen, near Winburg, ending the first Basuto War.

June

Official Opening of the Natal Railway Company

• 26 – The Natal Railway Company officially opens the first revenue-earning railway line in South Africa, a 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) line from Market Square in Durban to the newly built Point station at Durban Harbour.^{[1]:11, 20–21, 84}

September

• 17 – The Alfred Dock in Table Bay, Cape Town is officially opened by sixteen-year-old Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria.

Unknown date

• The first indenture of Indian workers arrive in Natal to work in the sugar industry.
• The first telegraph service in South Africa starts operating between Cape Town and Simonstown.
• The penny post is started in Cape Town.
• Boer republics north of the Vaal River unite as the South African Republic (ZAR).

Births

• 29 April – John Robinson Royston, soldier and farmer, is born in Durban.

Railways

Railway lines opened

Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-2

• 26 June – Natal – Durban to Point, 2 miles (3.2 kilometres).^[2]

Locomotives

• 20 March – The Cape Town Railway and Dock Company takes delivery of eight broad gauge 0-4-2 tender locomotives for service on the Cape Town-Wellington line, which is still under construction.^{[1]:13, 15–16, 23}
• 13 May – The Natal Railway Company’s first locomotive, the broad gauge engine "Natal", is landed at Durban.^{[1]:11, 20–21, 84}

References

1. Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. 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