1848 in South Africa

See also: 1847 in South Africa, other events of 1848, 1849 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. See also 1846 in South Africa, other events of 1847, 1848 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap See also 1848 in South Africa, other events of 1849, 1850 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. This is a timeline of the History of South Africa. For sport see Timeline of South African sport.

Events

23 March - Approximately 163 German settlers, known as the Bergthiel Settlers, arrive in Natal
Voortrekkers settle across the Vaal River
Battle of Boomplaats
The settlement of Soutpansberg is established, later changed its name to Schoemansdal

Births

Deaths

4 June - Christina Pretorius, wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, dies near present day Bela Bela

Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as KwaZulu-Natal (kwɑːˌzuːluː nəˈtɑːl often referred to as " KZN " is a province of South Africa. Voortrekkers can also refer to a youth organization see Voortrekkers (youth organization. This is for the river for the extraterrestrial robot deity see The Apple (Star Trek The Vaal River is the largest tributary of the Orange The Battle of Boomplaas (also referred to as the Battle of Boomplaats) was fought near Jagersfontein at on August 29, 1848, between the The Soutpansberg (previously Zoutspansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans is a range of Mountains in the far north of South Africa. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Voortrekkers can also refer to a youth organization see Voortrekkers (youth organization. Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November, 1798 &ndash 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the Bela Bela, previously known as Warmbad (Warmbaths is a town situated on geo-thermic Hot springs in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

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