1847 in South Africa

← 1846 1845 1844 1847 in South Africa → 1848 1849 1850
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1847 in South Africa.

Events

• The Cape Colony's boundary is extended to Orange River and the districts of Victoria East and British Kaffraria are annexed
• 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

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