1883 in South Africa

1883 in South Africa

"See also:"
1882 in South Africa,
other events of 1883,
1884 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

* 16 April - Paul Kruger is elected president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
* 9 May - Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
* 7 August - The "United States of Stellaland" is formed when the republics of Stellaland and Goshen unite
* 12 August - The last Quagga in world dies in captivity at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam making the species extinct.

Births

Deaths

* 9 August - Robert Moffat, Scottish Congregationalist missionary, dies in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells, England


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