1813 in South Africa
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See also: 1812 in South Africa, other events of 1813, 1814 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
[edit] Events
- Adam Kok III's people assert the name Griqua
- Court proceedings are now opened to the public in the Cape Colony
- A Dutch Reformed Church is established in George
- 2 November - Lord Charles Henry Somerset is appointed Governor of the Cape
[edit] Births
- 19 March - David Livingstone, explorer and missionary, is born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- 1 May 1813 - João Albasini, an Italian trader, Bantu commissioner and the white chief of the Magwamba tribe, is born in Portugal
