1815 in South Africa
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Events
- Shaka becomes king of the Zulus
- Colonial army crushes Slachter's Nek Rebellion.[1]
- 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
Deaths
- 29 December - Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", dies in Paris.
