1848 in South Africa

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1848

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The following lists events that happened during 1848 in South Africa.

## Events

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1800s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

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