1882 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1882 in South Africa. Incumbents * Cape Colony#Governors of the Cape of Good Hope (1797–1910), Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Hercules Robinson. * Colony of Natal#Lieutenant-governors, Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer. * State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand. * State President of the South African Republic: Triumviate of Paul Kruger, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and Piet Joubert. * Cape Colony#Prime Ministers of the Cape of Good Hope (1872–1910), Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Thomas Charles Scanlen. Events ;May * 9 – Paul Kruger becomes President of the South African Republic. * 28 – Two ships, the Agnes (94 tonne) and the Christina (196 tonne), run ashore at Plettenberg Bay. ;July * 26 – The Stellaland Republic is declared, founding Vryburg as capital. ;September * 2 – Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley ...
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1882
Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in the United States for an extended lecture tour; when asked by a customs official if he has anything to declare, he replies "I have nothing to declare but my genius" according to later tradition. * January 5 – Charles J. Guiteau is found guilty of the assassination of James A. Garfield (President of the United States) and sentenced to death, despite an insanity defense raised by his lawyer. * January 12 – Holborn Viaduct power station in the City of London, the world's first coal-fired public electricity generating station, begins operation. * February 3 – American showman P. T. Barnum acquires the elephant Jumbo from the London Zoo. * March 2 – Roderick Maclean fails in an attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria, ...
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