1808 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1808 in South Africa.
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Events
- The settlement of Clanwilliam is established
- The slave trade is abolished.
- The Perseverance Tavern opens in Cape Town, becoming South Africa's oldest pub by the time it closes in 2020.
Births
- 31 January - Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, the 2nd president of the Orange Free State from 1855 to 1859, is born in Kogmanskloof, Montagu.
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gollark: I don't like trains much either so I'll ignore it all I suppose.
gollark: 718 messages! Did anything important happen here, or can I utterly ignore it?
gollark: The difficult part is actually making things self sustaining given the horribly complex supply chains.
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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