1847 in South Africa
# 1847 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
