1816 in South Africa

none August 2026 July 2020 1816 __NOTOC__ This article lists events from the year 1816 in South Africa. Events In early 1816, Ntsikana Gaba, an influential amaXhosa diviner, converted to Christianity.Kumalo R.S. 2014 Religion and Politics in the Heritage of uNtsikana ka Gaba Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 40 1 161–162 10.25159/2412-4265/2014/v40n1a3 He renounced his former practices and began holding daily worship services, for which he composed some of the first Christian hymns in the Xhosa language.Hodgson Janet 1980 Ntsikana’s Great Hymn Centre of African Studies, University of Cape Town Cape Town 34–38 978-7999203759 A visitor from the London Missionary Society, Rev. Joseph Williams, attested in September 1816 that "the man Ntsikana daily meets with a devoted circle for prayer."Williams Joseph 1818 Letter from Rev. Joseph Williams, 17 September 1816 Transactions of the LMS 1 233–234 Around July, Shaka becomes king of the Zulu people after the death of his father, Senzangakhona kaJama.Laband John 2014 The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815–1828 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 45 978-1107075320General South African History Timeline: 1800s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1800s 18 February 2025 With the support of Dingiswayo, chief of the Mthethwa, Shaka seized power by killing his half-brother and rival, Sigujana.Shaka Encyclopaedia Britannica 16 July 2025 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shaka-Zulu-chief 18 February 2025 His accession marked the beginning of major military reforms that saw the Zulu army expand significantly within a year.Thompson L. 2000 A History of South Africa 3rd Yale University Press New Haven 978-030008776572 Deaths 9 March – Cornelius Faber, Hendrik Prinsloo, Theunis de Klerk, and brothers Stefanus and Abraham Bothma are hanged for the Slagter's Nek Rebellion.Welsh F. 1999 South Africa: A Narrative History Kodansha New York 122–123 978-1-56836-258-8 The executions were ordered by Colonel Jacob Glen Cuyler.Slachter’s Nek Rebels Are Hanged South African History Online https://sahistory.org.za/dated-event/slachters-nek-rebels-are-hanged 18 February 2025 During the public hanging, four of the five ropes broke; the condemned men were forced to wait for some hours amid public agitation before being hanged a second time.67The Rebellion of 1815, Generally Known as Slachters Nek: Papers Connected with the Trial Compiled by H.C.V. Leibbrandt 1902 J.C. Juta Cape Town 925–926 See also Years in South Africa References 1816 in collapsed Category:1810s in South Africa Category:1816 in Africa Category:Years of the 19th century in South Africa South Africa Category:Years in South Africa