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1816 In South Africa ,
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EVENTS

A Dutch Reformed Church is established in Uitenhage

Approximately 200 Scottish artisan immigrants are brought to the Cape Colony by Benjamin Moodie among them is David Hume who becomes an explorer and big-game hunter.

BIRTHS

8 January - Theophilus Shepstone , British administrator in South Africa is born in Westbury-On-Trym near Bristol , England

DEATHS