1817 in South Africa

Events

• A Dutch Reformed Church is established in Uitenhage
• Approximately 200 Scottish artisan immigrants are brought to the Cape Colony by Benjamin Moodie among them is David Hume who becomes an explorer and big-game hunter.

Births

• 8 January - Theophilus Shepstone, British administrator in South Africa is born in Westbury-On-Trym near Bristol, England

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References