1815 in South Africa

	1815 in South Africa
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Years 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 Years in South Africa for list of References