1896 in South Africa

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See also: 1895 in South Africa, other events of 1896, 1896 in South African sport, 1897 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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[edit] Events

• South Africa's first school of mines is opened in Kimberley (later to form the core of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg)
• 2 January - Leander Starr Jameson and his forces surrender at Doornkop near Krugersdorp
• 6 January - Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony for his involvement in the Jameson Raid
• 16 February - a train carrying 56 tons of dynamite explodes at Braamfontein, Johannesburg killing more than 78 people
• 6 August - Cape Town's first electric tram service begins operation along Adderley Street to Mowbray Hill

[edit] Births

• 12 January - Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, an afrikaans literator and lexicographer, is born in the district of Carolina, Eastern Transvaal
• 1 February - Stephanus le Roux Marais, organist, teacher and composer of Afrikaans songs, is born in the district of Bloemfontein
  • Ivan Mitford-Barberton, art teacher at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town and sculptor of several monuments in South Africa, is born in Somerset East
• April - Clements Kadalie, trade unionist, is born at Chifira, Nkhata Bay District, Nyasaland (now called Malawi)
• 3 May - Petrus Johannes Lemmer, composer of Afrikaans songs, is born in Hartbeesfontein, Transvaal

[edit] Deaths

• 17 September - Nicholaas Waterboer, Griqua chief and eldest son of Andries Waterboer , dies in Griquatown