1813 in South Africa

Events

• Adam Kok III's people assert the name Griqua
• Court proceedings are now opened to the public in the Cape Colony
• A Dutch Reformed Church is established in George
• 2 November - Lord Charles Henry Somerset is appointed Governor of the Cape

Births

• 19 March - David Livingstone, explorer and missionary, is born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
• 1 May 1813 - João Albasini, an Italian trader, Bantu commissioner and the white chief of the Magwamba tribe, is born in Portugal

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References