title: 1845 in South Africa
text: # 1845 in South Africa
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1845 in South Africa.
  
  ## Events
  
  * The road from Cape Town to Stellenbosch through the Maitland area is completed
  * The Voortrekker settlement of Ohrigstad is founded
  * Natal becomes an autonomous district of Cape Colony
  * Battle of Zwartkoppies
  * The Berlin Mission Society establishes a mission station at Pniel
  