1808 in South Africa

List of events

  • 1807
  • 1806
  • 1805
1808
in
South Africa

  • 1809
  • 1810
  • 1811
Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1808 in South Africa.

Events

  • The settlement of Clanwilliam is established
  • The slave trade is abolished.
  • The Perseverance Tavern opens in Cape Town, becoming South Africa's oldest pub by the time it closes in 2020.

Births

  • 31 January - Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, the 2nd president of the Orange Free State from 1855 to 1859, is born in Kogmanskloof, Montagu.

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References

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  • Burkina Faso
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  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
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  • Eritrea
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  • South Africa
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  • Togo
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  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
  • Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla  (Spain)
  • Madeira (Portugal)
  • Mayotte / Réunion (France)
  • Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)


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