Events
- The Zulu king Shaka started extending his kingdom, destroying other tribes along the way
- James Read produced first SeTswana book
- Andries Waterboer was elected the Griqua captain at Griquatown
- 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the "Nautilus" and the "Chapman"
- 1 May - The "Albury" reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May.
- 2 May - "La Belle Alliance" reached Cape Town. She is brought British settlers to Algoa Bay.
- 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
- Port Elizabeth named by Sir Rufane Donkin
- The settlement of Worcester established
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them.
Still, you can’t listen unmoved to tales of misery and murder.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)