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The following lists events that happened during 1815 in South Africa.

Events

  • Shaka becomes king of the Zulus
  • Colonial army crushes Slachter's Nek Rebellion.
  • Gov. Lord Somerset forces Ngqika into alliance to prevent cattle raiding.
  • 30 May - The Arniston, a British troop transport East Indiaman, is wrecked at Waenhuiskrans near Cape Agulhas while returning from the British campaigns in Ceylon

Births

  • 12 March - Cornelis Moll, founder of the first Natal newspaper De Natalier, is born as the 24th child in Cape Town

Deaths

  • 29 December - Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", dies in Paris.

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References