1815 in South Africa

Events

• Shaka becomes king of the Zulus
• Slagter's Nek Rebellion
• 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 Timeline of South African history for list of References