Timeline: Ernest Albert Bristow: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Ernest Albert Bristow

1867 - 1869 (1 year)

1856

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John Cerjot Bristow (1862 - 1863)

Ernest Albert Bristow (1867 - 1869)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1856	1856—1862: SA - Approximately 700 juveniles arrive from Holland.
2	1857	1857—1862: SA - Assisted immigration schemes bring about 12 000 settlers.
3	1861	1861—1862: SA - Griqua trek under Adam Kok III from Philippolis to Nomansland
4	1862	1862—1862: Lincoln issues first legal US paper money (Greenbacks) 20 Apr 1862—20 Apr 1862: First pasteurisation test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard
5	1863	1863—1863: SA - The Hill Presbyterian Church started in Port Elizabeth. 1863—1863: SA - North End Cemetery started in Port Elizabeth. 1863—1863: Football Association founded (UK) 1863—1863: Opening of state institution for criminally insane at Broadmoor, England 10 Jan 1863—10 Jan 1863: First section of the London Underground Railway opens
6	1864	1864—1864: SA - St. George's Cemetery established in Port Elizabeth. 1864—1864: A man-powered submarine, 'Hunley' sank a Federal steam ship USS Housatonic at the entrance to Charleston harbour in 1864 - the first recorded successful attack by a submarine on a surface ship 11 Mar 1864—11 Mar 1864: The Great Sheffield Flood - over 250 died when a new dam broke while it was being filled for the first time 20 Aug 1864—20 Aug 1864: Red Cross established - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention 8 Dec 1864—8 Dec 1864: Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon officially opened
7	1865	1865—1866: SA - Albania Settlement Scheme 1865—1865: SA - Ostriches first domesticated. 1865—1866: SA - Economic depression throughout South Africa. War between Orange Free State and Basutos. 1865—1865: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) becomes first woman doctor in England [she later became the first woman mayor in England, in Aldeburgh 1908] 1865—1865: First concrete roads built in Britain 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth 5 Jul 1865—5 Jul 1865: William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London
8	1866	1866—1866: SA - India officially stops sending Indian labourers to Natal.
9	1867	Apr 1867—1867: SA - 21.25 carat diamond found near Hopetown. 1 Jul 1867—1 Jul 1867: The British North America Act takes effect, creating the Canadian Confederation
10	1868	1868—1869: SA - Korana War along Orange River 1868—1868: Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia)
11	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

Date

Event(s)

1856

1856—1862:
SA - Approximately 700 juveniles arrive from Holland.

1857

1857—1862:
SA - Assisted immigration schemes bring about 12 000 settlers.

1861

1861—1862:
SA - Griqua trek under Adam Kok III from Philippolis to Nomansland

1862

1862—1862:
Lincoln issues first legal US paper money (Greenbacks)
20 Apr 1862—20 Apr 1862:
First pasteurisation test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard

1863

1863—1863:
SA - The Hill Presbyterian Church started in Port Elizabeth.
1863—1863:
SA - North End Cemetery started in Port Elizabeth.
1863—1863:
Football Association founded (UK)
1863—1863:
Opening of state institution for criminally insane at Broadmoor, England
10 Jan 1863—10 Jan 1863:
First section of the London Underground Railway opens

1864

1864—1864:
SA - St. George's Cemetery established in Port Elizabeth.
1864—1864:
A man-powered submarine, 'Hunley' sank a Federal steam ship USS Housatonic at the entrance to Charleston harbour in 1864 - the first recorded successful attack by a submarine on a surface ship
11 Mar 1864—11 Mar 1864:
The Great Sheffield Flood - over 250 died when a new dam broke while it was being filled for the first time
20 Aug 1864—20 Aug 1864:
Red Cross established - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention
8 Dec 1864—8 Dec 1864:
Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon officially opened

1865

1865—1866:
SA - Albania Settlement Scheme
1865—1865:
SA - Ostriches first domesticated.
1865—1866:
SA - Economic depression throughout South Africa. War between Orange Free State and Basutos.
1865—1865:
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) becomes first woman doctor in England [she later became the first woman mayor in England, in Aldeburgh 1908]
1865—1865:
First concrete roads built in Britain
14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865:
End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA
14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865:
Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
5 Jul 1865—5 Jul 1865:
William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London

1866

1866—1866:
SA - India officially stops sending Indian labourers to Natal.

1867

Apr 1867—1867:
SA - 21.25 carat diamond found near Hopetown.
1 Jul 1867—1 Jul 1867:
The British North America Act takes effect, creating the Canadian Confederation

1868

1868—1869:
SA - Korana War along Orange River
1868—1868:
Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia)

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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