Events

• Diocesan College (Bishops) founded in Rondebosch, Cape Town by Robert Gray (bishop of Cape Town).
• The British
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   propose to ship convicts to the Cape Colony
  Cape Colony
  The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
  
  , but the Cape population strongly object and it is squashed with the help of British MP Charles Bowyer Adderley
• The street Heerengracht in Cape Town
  Cape Town
  Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
  
   is changed to Adderley Street in honour of Adderley who help stop the shipping of convicts
• The first Jewish Congregation is founded in Cape Town
  Cape Town
  Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
  
  
• The Byrne Settlers
  Byrne Settlers
  The term Byrne Settler refers to any emigrant brought to Natal by the company, J. C. Byrne & Co.These people landed in Natal on 20 ships during the years 1849 to 1851. Allotments were laid out in the Byrne valley, near Richmond.J.C. Byrne & Co...
  
   start arriving in Natal