← 1814 1813 1812 1815 in South Africa → 1816 1817 1818
Decades:	1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1815 in South Africa .

Contents

• Events
• Births
• Deaths
• References

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

• 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

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