
1823 - 1831 (7 years)
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| 1 | 1822 | - 1822—1828:
SA - English becomes the official language of the Cape Colony.
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| 2 | 1823 | - 1823—1823:
SA - Difaqane (1820s) Battle of Dithakong - MaNthatisi repulsed by Tlhaping with help from Griquas. Tswana to north and east heavily disrupted by Difaqane raids. 1824 Bergenaar rebellion
- 1823—1823:
SA - Approximately 146 Irish settlers brought to the Cape by John Ingram.
- 1823—1823:
New laws concerning marriage by license ? 'very troublesome' according to some the Act was repealed all in a hurry at the beginning of the next session
- 1823—1823:
Peel begins penal reforms ? death penalty abolished for over 100 crimes
- 1823—1823:
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School
- 1823—1823:
Rubberised waterproof material produced by MacIntosh
- 1 Jul 1823—1823:
SA - Lewis Broadbent born to the wife of the Methodist missionary Samuel Broadbent at Leeudoringstad, 16km from Wolmaranstad, on the 1st July 1823. Lewis later became a missionary to India.
- 2 Dec 1823—2 Dec 1823:
US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in
future European conflicts (the 'Monroe Doctrine')
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| 3 | 1824 | - 1824—1824:
SA - George Thompson travels inland - naming Augrabies Falls "Cataract of King George"
- 1824—1824:
SA - Construction of road through Fransch Hoek Pass. First Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church. Mission station at Lovedale founded. First lighthouse opened.
- 1824—1824:
RSPCA established
- 1824—1824:
Portland cement patented
- 4 Mar 1824—4 Mar 1824:
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded (called the 'National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck' until 1854)
- 10 May 1824—10 May 1824:
National Gallery in London opens to the public
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| 4 | 1825 | - 1825—1825:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Somerset East.
- 1825—1825:
SA - First steamship in Table Bay. Depreciated rix dollar converted into British sterling. The Anglican St. Mary's Collegiate Church started in Port Elizabeth. The Jubilee Park Cemetery in Uitenhage in use circa 1825.
- 27 Sep 1825—27 Sep 1825:
Stockton to Darlington Railway opens ? world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains
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| 5 | 1826 | - 1826—1826:
SA - Adam Kok II establishes Philippolis Griqua Captaincy
- 1826—1826:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Clanwilliam, Colesberg, Durbanville and Tijgerberg.
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| 6 | 1827 | - 1827—1827:
Ohm's Law published
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| 7 | 1828 | - 1828—1828:
SA - Ordinance 50 repeals pass laws
- 1828—1828:
SA - Circa 1828, the Union Chapel (London Missionary Society - i.e. Congregational) in Port Elizabeth is founded, records start in 1831. St. Mary's Cemetery started in Port Elizabeth circa 1828.
- 25 Oct 1828—25 Oct 1828:
St Katharine Docks in London opened (designed by Thomas Telford)
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| 8 | 1829 | - 1829—1829:
London Metropolitan Police Force formed, nicknamed 'Bobbies' after Sir Robert Peel
- 1829—1829:
Louis Braille invents his system of finger-reading for the blind
- 10 Jun 1829—10 Jun 1829:
First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
- 6 Oct 1829—6 Oct 1829:
George Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill trials (it was the only one to
complete the trial!)
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| 9 | 1830 | - 1830—1830:
SA - Moffat's printing press transported to Kuruman by ox wagon
- 1830—1830:
SA - Full civil privileges granted to Roman Catholics in the Cape. Colesberg founded. Road over Sir Lowry's Pass opened.
- 1830—1830:
Uprisings and agitation across Europe: the Netherlands are split into Holland and
Belgium
- Jul 1830—Jul 1830:
Revolution in France, fall of Charles X and the Bourbons ? Louis Philippe (the
Citizen King) on the throne
- 15 Sep 1830—15 Sep 1830:
George Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened by the Duke of
Wellington ? first mail carried by rail, and first death on the railway as William Huskisson, a
leading politician, is run over!
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| 10 | 1831 | - 1831—1831:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Albany. First publication of De Zuid Afrikaan (ons Land). First issue of Grahamstown Journal.
- 1831—1831:
A list of all parish registers dating prior to 1813 compiled
- 1 Jun 1831—1 Jun 1831:
James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
- 1 Aug 1831—1 Aug 1831:
'New' London Bridge opens (replaced 1973) ? old bridge (which had existed for over 600 years) then demolished
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