1819 in South Africa
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Events
- The 5th Cape Frontier War ends
- Dutch Reformed Church congregations are founded in Beaufort West and Somerset West
- Ndlambe defeats British ally Ngqika at Amalinde.[1]
- Colonial forces heavily defeat Ndlambe at Grahamstown.
- Ngqika-Cape alliance collapses as Gov. Somerset claims land between Fish & Keiskamma Rivers as a buffer zone.
- AmaZulu under Shaka defeat AmaNdwandwe at Gqokoli Hill.
Births
- 17 September - Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, the first president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria, is born on the farm Pretoriuskloof in the Graaff-Reinet district of the Cape Colony
