1846 - 1847 (1 year)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1840 | - 1840—1849:
SA - Expansion of commercial wool farmers in Karoo transforms colonial economy. Pedi migrate to work on Cape farms
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| 2 | 1846 | - 1846—1854:
SA - Orange River Sovereignty
- 1846—1846:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Burgersdorp. Bloemfontein founded.
- 1846—1848:
SA - Seventh Frontier War between Xhosa and whites, this war was also known as the War of the Axe.
- 1846—1847:
SA - Approximately 103 settlers arrive in Port Elizabeth from war-torn Buenos Aires, Argentinia.
- 10 Sep 1846—10 Sep 1846:
The sewing machine is patented by Elias Howe
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| 3 | 1847 | - 1847—1847:
SA - Colonial boundary extended to Orange River
- 1847—1847:
SA - Rhenish Missionary Christoph Alheit moves to Schietfontein (Carnarvon)
- 1847—1847:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Calvinia. Opening of Montagu Pass. Sugar cane plantations started in Natal. East London founded. Districts of Victoria East and British Kaffraria annexed as part of the Cape Colony.
- 1847—1847:
US Mormons make Salt Lake City their centre
- Jan 1847—Jan 1847:
An anesthetic used for the first time in England (James Simpson used ether to numb the pain of labour)
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