1848 in South Africa

none April 2022 August 2026 1848 __NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1848 in South Africa. Events February 2025 Source:General South African History Timeline: 1800s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1800s 2025-02-19 www.sahistory.org.za Approximately 163 German settlers, known as the Bergthiel Settlers, arrive in Natal. Voortrekkers settle across the Vaal River. At the Battle of Boomplaats, Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius leads a commando against British rule but is defeated with Griqua assistance. The Reverend Isaac Hughes founds a mission station on the farm Backhouse, near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal rivers, which later develops into the town Douglas. Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith annexes Transorangia, land north of the Orange River, creating the Orange River Sovereignty. Sir Harry Smith orders Major Henry Warden to set boundaries between black and white communities north of the Caledon River, favoring the white settlers. Sir Harry Smith proposes vagrancy laws to force settlers into labor, but local resistance forces him to abandon the plan. Deaths 4 June - Christina Pretorius, wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, dies near present-day Bela Bela 23 November - Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, early explorer of Southern Africa, writer, and English Statesman, dies in London References See Years in South Africa for list of References 1848 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa