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1904 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1904 in South Africa. Incumbents * Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Walter Hely-Hutchinson. * Governor of the Colony of Natal: Henry Edward McCallum. * Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: John Gordon Sprigg (until 22 February), Leander Starr Jameson (starting 22 February). * Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony: Alfred Milner. * Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: George Morris Sutton. Events February * Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. June * 22 – The first of 62,000 Chinese labourers arrive in South Africa to relieve the shortage of unskilled mine workers. Unknown date * '' Der shtral'', a Yiddish-language newspaper is founded.Poliva, Joseph Abraham. A Short History of the Jewish Press and Literature of South Africa from Its Earliest Days Until the Present Time'. Johannesburg: Prompt Printing Co, 1961. p. 62 * The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904
Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * January 12 ** The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin. * January 23 – The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter. * January 25 – Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. February * February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 buildings in 31 hours. * February 8 – February 9, 9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Lüshunkou District, Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War. * February 10 – Roger C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kruger
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (; 10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900. Nicknamed ''Oom Paul'' ("Uncle Paul"), he came to international prominence as the face of the Boer cause—that of the Transvaal and its neighbour the Orange Free State—against Britain during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902. He has been called a personification of Afrikanerdom, and remains a controversial figure; admirers venerate him as a tragic folk hero. Born near the eastern edge of the Cape Colony, Kruger took part in the Great Trek as a child during the late 1830s. He had almost no education apart from the Bible. A protégé of the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, he witnessed the signing of the Sand River Convention with Britain in 1852 and over the next decade played a prominent role in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAR Class F 78 (4-6-4T) CSAR 260
SAR or Sar may refer to: Places * Sar (river), Galicia, Spain * Sar, Bahrain, a residential district * Sar, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Šar Mountains, in southeastern Europe * Syrian Arab Republic, sometimes abbreviated as SAR Business and finance * Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a method of technical stock analysis * Saudi riyal, currency code SAR * Stock appreciation right, an employee reward Computing * Segmentation and reassembly, in data networks * Service Archive or SAR, a file format related to JAR * Shift Arithmetically Right (SAR), an x86 instruction * Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image * sar (Unix), or system activity report, a Unix/Linux performance report utility Law enforcement * Search and rescue * Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, US * Suspicious activity report, by a financial institution to an authority Science Medicine, psychology, and biology * Scaffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAR Class 11 933 (2-8-2) CSAR 721
SAR or Sar may refer to: Places * Sar (river), Galicia, Spain * Sar, Bahrain, a residential district * Sar, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Šar Mountains, in southeastern Europe * Syrian Arab Republic, sometimes abbreviated as SAR Business and finance * Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a method of technical stock analysis * Saudi riyal, currency code SAR * Stock appreciation right, an employee reward Computing * Segmentation and reassembly, in data networks * Service Archive or SAR, a file format related to JAR * Shift Arithmetically Right (SAR), an x86 instruction * Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image * sar (Unix), or system activity report, a Unix/Linux performance report utility Law enforcement * Search and rescue * Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, US * Suspicious activity report, by a financial institution to an authority Science Medicine, psychology, and biology * Scaffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central South African Railways Pacific Locomotive (Howden, Boys' Book Of Locomotives, 1907)
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Class 9 CSAR 603, SAR 730
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Natal Government Railways 4-8-0 Locomotive (Howden, Boys' Book Of Locomotives, 1907)
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SAR Class G 197 (4-8-2T) Dubs B 250
SAR or Sar may refer to: Places * Sar (river), Galicia, Spain * Sar, Bahrain, a residential district * Sar, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Šar Mountains, in southeastern Europe * Syrian Arab Republic, sometimes abbreviated as SAR Business and finance * Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a method of technical stock analysis * Saudi riyal, currency code SAR * Stock appreciation right, an employee reward Computing * Segmentation and reassembly, in data networks * Service Archive or SAR, a file format related to JAR * Shift Arithmetically Right (SAR), an x86 instruction * Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image * sar (Unix), or system activity report, a Unix/Linux performance report utility Law enforcement * Search and rescue * Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, US * Suspicious activity report, by a financial institution to an authority Science Medicine, psychology, and biology * Scaffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CGR Type B
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CGR may refer to: * Campo Grande International Airport (IATA airport code) * Canadian Government Railways * Cape Government Railways * Center for Governmental Research * Ceylon Government Railway * Chip Ganassi Racing * Classic Game Room * Commercial gramophone record – see Spelling of disc * Condensate to Gas Ratio * Contraloría General de la República de Costa Rica * Cyprus Government Railway The Cyprus Government Railway was a narrow gauge railway network that operated in Cyprus from October 1905 to December 1951. With a total length of , there were 39 stations, stops and halts, the most prominent of which served Famagusta, Prasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAR Class 8Z 904 (2-8-0) CGR 825
SAR or Sar may refer to: Places * Sar (river), Galicia, Spain * Sar, Bahrain, a residential district * Sar, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Šar Mountains, in southeastern Europe * Syrian Arab Republic, sometimes abbreviated as SAR Business and finance * Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a method of technical stock analysis * Saudi riyal, currency code SAR * Stock appreciation right, an employee reward Computing * Segmentation and reassembly, in data networks * Service Archive or SAR, a file format related to JAR * Shift Arithmetically Right (SAR), an x86 instruction * Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image * sar (Unix), or system activity report, a Unix/Linux performance report utility Law enforcement * Search and rescue * Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, US * Suspicious activity report, by a financial institution to an authority Science Medicine, psychology, and biology * Scaffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAR Class 5B 723 (4-6-2) CGR 905
SAR or Sar may refer to: Places * Sar (river), Galicia, Spain * Sar, Bahrain, a residential district * Sar, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Šar Mountains, in southeastern Europe * Syrian Arab Republic, sometimes abbreviated as SAR Business and finance * Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a method of technical stock analysis * Saudi riyal, currency code SAR * Stock appreciation right, an employee reward Computing * Segmentation and reassembly, in data networks * Service Archive or SAR, a file format related to JAR * Shift Arithmetically Right (SAR), an x86 instruction * Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image * sar (Unix), or system activity report, a Unix/Linux performance report utility Law enforcement * Search and rescue * Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, US * Suspicious activity report, by a financial institution to an authority Science Medicine, psychology, and biology * Scaffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAR Class 6L (4-6-0) Ex CGR
SAR or Sar may refer to: Places * Sar (river), Galicia, Spain * Sar, Bahrain, a residential district * Sar, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Sar, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region of China * Šar Mountains, in southeastern Europe * Syrian Arab Republic, sometimes abbreviated as SAR Business and finance * Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a method of technical stock analysis * Saudi riyal, currency code SAR * Stock appreciation right, an employee reward Computing * Segmentation and reassembly, in data networks * Service Archive or SAR, a file format related to JAR * Shift Arithmetically Right (SAR), an x86 instruction * Storage Aspect Ratio of a digital image * sar (Unix), or system activity report, a Unix/Linux performance report utility Law enforcement * Search and rescue * Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, US * Suspicious activity report, by a financial institution to an authority Science Medicine, psychology, and biology * Scaffol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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