1821 - 1823 (1 year)
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Date |
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| 1 | 1820 | - 1820—1821:
SA - Approximately 4000 British settlers arrive in Port Elizabeth as part of the 1820 Settlers immigration scheme, they are settled in the Eastern Cape.
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| 2 | 1821 | - 1821—1821:
SA - Robert Moffat; in Namaqualand from 1817; moves to Kuruman
- 1821—1821:
Faraday publishes 'Principles of electro-magnetic rotation'
- 1821—1821:
Constable paints 'The Hay Wain'
- 5 May 1821—5 May 1821:
Napoleon Bonaparte dies on St Helena
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| 3 | 1822 | - 1822—1828:
SA - English becomes the official language of the Cape Colony.
- 14 Jun 1822—14 Jun 1822:
Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society
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| 4 | 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 'very troublesome' according to some the Act was repealed all in a hurry at the beginning of the next session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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