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</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1860s_in_South_Africa" title="Category:1860s in South Africa">1860s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1870s_in_South_Africa" title="Category:1870s in South Africa">1870s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:1880s_in_South_Africa" title="Category:1880s in South Africa">1880s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1890s_in_South_Africa" title="Category:1890s in South Africa">1890s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1900s_in_South_Africa" title="Category:1900s in South Africa">1900s</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_South_Africa" title="List of years in South Africa">List of years in South Africa</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following lists events that happened during <b><a href="/wiki/1884" title="1884">1884</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony#Governors_of_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope_(1797–1910)" title="Cape Colony">Governor of the Cape of Good Hope</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_Commissioner_for_Southern_Africa" title="High Commissioner for Southern Africa">High Commissioner for Southern Africa</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hercules_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercules Robinson">Hercules Robinson</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Natal#Lieutenant-governors" title="Colony of Natal">Governor of the Colony of Natal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ernest_Gascoyne_Bulwer" title="Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer">Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_President_of_the_Orange_Free_State" title="State President of the Orange Free State">State President of the Orange Free State</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jan_Brand" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Brand">Jan Brand</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_President_of_the_South_African_Republic" title="State President of the South African Republic">State President of the South African Republic</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kruger" title="Paul Kruger">Paul Kruger</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony#Prime_Ministers_of_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope_(1872–1910)" title="Cape Colony">Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Charles_Scanlen" title="Thomas Charles Scanlen">Thomas Charles Scanlen</a> (until 12 May), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Upington" title="Thomas Upington">Thomas Upington</a> (starting 12 May).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>April</dt></dl> <ul><li>24 – <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> occupies <a href="/wiki/German_South-West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="German South-West Africa">German South-West Africa</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>July</dt></dl> <ul><li>24 – <a href="/wiki/Barberton,_South_Africa" title="Barberton, South Africa">Barberton</a> is declared a town.</li></ul> <dl><dt>August</dt></dl> <ul><li>5 – The Republic of <a href="/wiki/Vryheid" title="Vryheid">Vryheid</a> is established in northern <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="KwaZulu-Natal Province">Natal</a>.</li> <li>7 – <a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay" title="Walvis Bay">Walvisbaai</a> is occupied by the <a href="/wiki/British_Cape_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="British Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>November</dt></dl> <ul><li>3 – <i>Imvo Zabantsundu</i> (Xhosa: The Native People's Opinion of South Africa), <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>'s first newspaper by and for Black people, is founded by <a href="/wiki/John_Tengo_Jabavu" title="John Tengo Jabavu">John Tengo Jabavu</a> in <a href="/wiki/King_William%27s_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="King William's Town">King William's Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 – The <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Conference_(1884)" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Conference (1884)">Berlin Conference</a> commences when 14 countries (<a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>-<a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>) meet in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> to each claim their part of Africa.</li></ul> <dl><dt>December</dt></dl> <ul><li>1 – The private Kowie Railway line between Grahamstown and Port Alfred is opened to traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-SAR_History_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAR_History-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande,_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande%2C_cropped.jpg/220px-Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande%2C_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande%2C_cropped.jpg/330px-Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande%2C_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande%2C_cropped.jpg/440px-Cetshwayo_ka_Mpande%2C_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1520" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>King <a href="/wiki/Cetshwayo_kaMpande" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetshwayo kaMpande">Cetshwayo kaMpande</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rolland_Beaumont" title="Rolland Beaumont">Rolland Beaumont</a> <a href="/wiki/Cricketer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricketer">cricketer</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>8 February – Zulu king <a href="/wiki/Cetshwayo_kaMpande" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetshwayo kaMpande">Cetshwayo</a>. (b. 1826)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railways">Railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway_lines_opened">Railway lines opened</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Railway lines opened"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg/279px-CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg/419px-CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg/558px-CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884_Joy_a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3248" data-file-height="1216" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884" title="CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884">CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>31 March – Cape Midland – <a href="/wiki/Noupoort" title="Noupoort">Noupoort</a> to <a href="/wiki/De_Aar" title="De Aar">De Aar</a>, to link up with the Cape Western System, 69 miles 6 chains (111.2 kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-CGR_Annual_1909_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGR_Annual_1909-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May – Natal – <a href="/wiki/Pietermaritzburg" title="Pietermaritzburg">Pietermaritzburg</a> to <a href="/wiki/Merrivale,_KwaZulu-Natal" title="Merrivale, KwaZulu-Natal">Merrivale</a>, 15 miles 19 chains (24.5 kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-SAR_Line_Dates_182_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAR_Line_Dates_182-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 September – Cape Eastern – <a href="/wiki/Sterkstroom" title="Sterkstroom">Sterkstroom</a> to <a href="/wiki/Molteno,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Molteno, Eastern Cape">Molteno</a>, 20 miles 69 chains (33.6 kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-CGR_Annual_1909_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGR_Annual_1909-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 November – Cape Western – <a href="/wiki/Hutchinson,_Northern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Hutchinson, Northern Cape">Victoria West Road</a> to Oranjerivier, 150 miles 69 chains (242.8 kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-CGR_Annual_1909_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGR_Annual_1909-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 December – Kowie – <a href="/wiki/Port_Alfred" title="Port Alfred">Port Alfred</a> to <a href="/wiki/Grahamstown" class="mw-redirect" title="Grahamstown">Grahamstown</a>, 44 miles (70.8 kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-SAR_Line_Dates_182_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAR_Line_Dates_182-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg/279px-CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg" decoding="async" width="279" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg/419px-CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg/558px-CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884_Joy_Exp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3232" data-file-height="1172" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884" title="CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884">CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locomotives">Locomotives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Locomotives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Cape Government Railways places two experimental <a href="/wiki/CGR_3rd_Class_4-4-0_1884" title="CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884">3rd Class</a> 4-4-0 tender and four experimental <a href="/wiki/CGR_4th_Class_4-6-0TT_1884" title="CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884">4th Class</a> 4-6-0 tank-and-tender locomotives in service, designed by the Cape Eastern System to be able to use the low-grade local coal with its high content of incombustible matter.<sup id="cite_ref-Holland_1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holland_1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Littley_2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Littley_2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Africa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, pp. 12–13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CGR_Annual_1909-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CGR_Annual_1909_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CGR_Annual_1909_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CGR_Annual_1909_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Report for year ending 31 December 1909</i>, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SAR_Line_Dates_182-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SAR_Line_Dates_182_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SAR_Line_Dates_182_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway</i>, Statement No. 19, p. 182, ref. no. 200954-13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Holland_1-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Holland_1_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHolland1971" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Holland, D.F. 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in Angola (page does not exist)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Benin (page does not exist)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Botswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Botswana (page does not exist)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Burkina_Faso&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Burkina Faso (page does not exist)">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Burundi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Burundi (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Cameroon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Cameroon (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Cape_Verde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Cape Verde (page does not exist)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_the_Central_African_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in the Central African Republic (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Chad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Chad (page does not exist)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_the_Comoros&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in the Comoros (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (page does not exist)">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in the Republic of the Congo (page does not exist)">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Djibouti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Djibouti (page does not exist)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Egypt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Egypt (page does not exist)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Equatorial_Guinea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Equatorial Guinea (page does not exist)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Eritrea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Eritrea (page does not exist)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Eswatini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Eswatini (page does not exist)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Ethiopia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Ethiopia (page does not exist)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Gabon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Gabon (page does not exist)">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_the_Gambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in the Gambia (page does not exist)">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Ghana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Ghana (page does not exist)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Guinea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Guinea (page does not exist)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Guinea-Bissau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Guinea-Bissau (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Ivory_Coast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Ivory Coast (page does not exist)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Kenya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Kenya (page does not exist)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Lesotho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Lesotho (page does not exist)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Liberia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Liberia (page does not exist)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Libya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Libya (page does not exist)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Madagascar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Madagascar (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Malawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Malawi (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Mali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Mali (page does not exist)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Mauritania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Mauritania (page does not exist)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Mauritius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Mauritius (page does not exist)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Morocco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Morocco (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Mozambique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Mozambique (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Namibia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Namibia (page does not exist)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Niger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Niger (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Rwanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Rwanda (page does not exist)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in São Tomé and Príncipe (page does not exist)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Senegal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Senegal (page does not exist)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Seychelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Seychelles (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Sierra_Leone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Sierra Leone (page does not exist)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Somalia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Somalia (page does not exist)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_South_Sudan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in South Sudan (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Sudan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Sudan (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Tanzania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Tanzania (page does not exist)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Togo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Togo (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Tunisia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Tunisia (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Uganda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Uganda (page does not exist)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Zambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Zambia (page does not exist)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Zimbabwe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Zimbabwe (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">States with limited<br />recognition</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (page does not exist)">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Somaliland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Somaliland (page does not exist)">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Dependencies and<br />other territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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