- 1982
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1870 | - 1870—1884:
SA - |Xam prisoners at Cape Town interviewed by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd
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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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