1847 in South Africa

none April 2022 August 2026 1847 __NOTOC__ The following lists events that happened during 1847 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 The Montagu Pass is opened. Sugar cane plantations are started in Natal. The settlement of East London is established. Robert Gray is ordained as the first Bishop of Cape Town in Westminster Abbey, London. The AmaXhosa Resistance rejects British peace terms, but avoids direct warfare. The British then destroy homes, cattle, and crops to force a surrender. Harry Smith is appointed as Cape Governor, and begins to pursue an aggressive expansion policy. The British Kaffraria Colony is established on AmaXhosa land, and the AmaXhosa are made British subjects. Harry Smith overturns Maitland's agreement, seizing rental payments for the Crown and allowing white settlement on Griqua land. Harry Smith claims land between the Orange and Vaal rivers for Britain but restricts white settlement, except in Griqualand. With British support, Moshoeshoe unifies Basotho chiefdoms and secures protection from white settlers. Births 9 July - Henrietta Stockdale, pioneer of nursing in the Cape Colony, is born in Nottinghamshire, England 22 October - Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, Boer general, is born near Winburg, Free State References See Years in South Africa for list of References 1847 in collapsed South Africa Category:Years in South Africa