1837 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1837 in South Africa.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2025) |
- Potgieter & Uys attack Mzilikazi, driving him & the AmaNdebele beyond the Limpopo into present-day Zimbabwe.
- Voortrekker leader Piet Retief publishes his Manifesto which sets out the reasons the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony.
- Piet Retief and his followers leave the Cape Colony.
- Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to be ordained as a minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with opposition because they consider him as being too old and sickly at 59.
- The voortrekkers under the leadership of Piet Retief arrived in Natal over the Drakensberg mountains after trekking overland from the Cape Colony during the Great Trek.
- Retief negotiates land with Zulu chief Dingane, offering cattle & rifles. The cattle is delivered, and the rifles withheld, causing Dingane to order Retief’s execution.
- The Voortrekker Republic of Natalia begins to be established.
References
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- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1800s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 19 February 2025.