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| 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—1848:
SA - Seventh Frontier War between Xhosa and whites, this war was also known as the War of the Axe.
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| 3 | 1848 | - 1848—1848:
SA - Boers cross the Vaal River. Orange River Sovereignty established. Battle of Boomplaats.
- 1848—1848:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Napier. Soutpansberg (later Schoemansdal) founded.
- 1848—1848:
First commercial production of chewing gum
- 24 Jan 1848—24 Jan 1848:
Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California - starts the California gold rush
- 23 Mar 1848—1848:
SA - Approximately 163 German settlers, known as the Bergthiel Settlers, arrive in Natal.
- 11 Jul 1848—11 Jul 1848:
Waterloo railway station in London opens
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