1847 - 1852 (5 years)
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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.
- 1846—1847:
SA - Approximately 103 settlers arrive in Port Elizabeth from war-torn Buenos Aires, Argentinia.
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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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4 | 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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5 | 1849 | - 1849—1849:
SA - Circa 1849 the first Jewish Congregation founded in Cape Town.
- 1849—1850:
SA - The Byrne Settlers arrive in Natal.
- 1849—1849:
Florin (2 shilling coin) introduced as the first step to decimalisation - which finally
occurred in 1971!
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6 | 1850 | - 1850—1859:
SA - First Afrikaans book written by an imam (Muslim prayer leader) of slave descent
- 1850—1850:
SA - Wesleyan Settlers arrive in Natal. Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Namaqualand.
- 1850—1853:
SA - Eighth Frontier War.
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7 | 1851 | - 1851—1851:
SA - Sugar first produced from cane in Natal.
- 1851—1851:
Gold discovered in Australia
- 1 May 1851—1 May 1851:
Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations ('Crystal Palace' exhibition) opened in Hyde Park
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8 | 1852 | - 1852—1852:
SA - Copper mining in Namaqualand - migrant labour on small scale
- 1852—1852:
SA - The Transvaal Republic established. Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Middelburg. The New Church (Congregational / Presbyterian) established in Port Elizabeth. Copper mining begins at Springbokfontein. Wreck of the Birkenhead.
- 1852—1852:
Tasmania ceases to be a convict settlement
- 1852—1852:
Wells Fargo established in USA
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