1881 - 1883 (1 year)
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Date |
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| 1 | 1870 | - 1870—1884:
SA - |Xam prisoners at Cape Town interviewed by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd
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| 2 | 1880 | - 1880—1881:
SA - First Anglo-Boer War, Boers defeat Britain.
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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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