Events

• 23 March - Approximately 163 German settlers, known as the Bergthiel Settlers, arrive in Natal
• Voortrekkers
  Voortrekkers
  The Voortrekkers were emigrants during the 1830s and 1840s who left the Cape Colony moving into the interior of what is now South Africa...
  
   settle across the Vaal River
  Vaal River
  The Vaal River is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa. The river has its source in the Drakensberg mountains in Mpumalanga, east of Johannesburg and about 30 km north of Ermelo and only about 240 km from the Indian Ocean. It then flows westwards to its conjunction...
  
  
• Battle of Boomplaats
  Battle of Boomplaats
  The Battle of Boomplaas was fought near Jagersfontein at on August 29, 1848, between the British and the Boers. The British were led by Sir Harry Smith, while the Boers were led by Andries Pretorius. The British were victorious.-External links:*...
  
  
• The settlement of Soutpansberg
  Soutpansberg
  The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...
  
   is established, later changed its name to Schoemansdal

Deaths

• 4 June - Christina Pretorius, wife of Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius
  Andries Pretorius
  Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa....
  
  , dies near present day Bela Bela
  Bela Bela
  ' is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Deriving its name from the geothermic hot springs around which the town was built, it is widely known by the name Warmbaths, officially changed to the current name in 2002. Likewise, the Afrikaans name for the town was Warmbad before the name...