1844 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1844 in South Africa.
Events
- Voortrekkers from Natal cross back over the Drakensberg Mountains and settle at Potchefstroom.
- The settlement of Victoria West is established
- The Voortrekker leader Hendrik Potgieter settles at Delagoa Bay, Mozambique
- Sir Peregrine Maitland becomes Governor of the Cape Colony.
- Fighting erupts between Boers and the Griqua as Boers reject the authority of Adam Kok III.
Births
- 5 October - Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer, politician, and statesman, president of the Orange Free State born in Swellendam, Cape Colony.
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References