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1809 Events January–March * January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is concluded. * January 10 – Peninsular War – French Marshal Jean ...

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* The governor of the Cape,

Earl of Caledon Earl of Caledon, of Caledon, County Tyrone, Caledon in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, James Alexander, 1st Viscount Caledon. He was a merchant who had ...

, declares that the

Khoikhoi Khoekhoen (singular Khoekhoe) (or Khoikhoi in the former orthography; formerly also '' Hottentots''"Hottentot, n. and adj." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, March 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/88829. Accessed 13 May 2018. Citing G. S. ...

had to have a fixed residence and could not migrate between regions without written authority ( Hottentot Proclamation). * Gola's

Xhosa Xhosa may refer to: * Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa * Xhosa language, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, principally spoken by the Xhosa people See als ...

community settles at Pramberg. * A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier area. * More Xhosa clans push westward into the neutral zone between the

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and the

Great Fish River The Great Fish River (called ''great'' to distinguish it from the Namibian Fish River) ( af, Groot-Visrivier) is a river running through the South African province of the Eastern Cape. The coastal area between Port Elizabeth and the Fish R ...

s. The British send in seasoned troops.

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Years in South Africa This is a list of years in South Africa. Before European colonization * BCE in Southern Africa * Early CE in Southern Africa * 13th century * 14th century Colonization *15th century * 16th century * * * * * * * * * * * * * Union of So ...

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