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The following lists events that happened during
1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – T ...
in
South Africa.
Incumbents
*
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope:
John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden
Events
*
Adam Kok III
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
's people assert the name
Griqua Griqua may refer to:
* Griqua people
* Griqua language or Xiri language
* Griquas (rugby)
Griquas (known as the Windhoek Draught Griquas for sponsorship reasons since April 2022) are a South African rugby union team that participates in the an ...
* 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
Births
* 19 March -
David Livingstone, explorer and missionary, is born in
Blantyre, South Lanarkshire,
Scotland
* 1 May 1813 -
João Albasini
João Albasini (1813–1888). Albasini was born to an Italian family, but according to tradition born in Portugal on a ship leaving for Africa – hence the Portuguese form of his first name. A passionate tradesman and big game hunter, Albasini ...
, an
Italian trader, Bantu commissioner and the white chief of the Magwamba tribe, is born in
Portugal
References
See
Years in South Africa for list of References
Years in South Africa
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