1815 in South Africa
# 1815 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1815 in South Africa.

## Events

* Shaka becomes king of the Zulus
* Slagter's Nek Rebellion
* 30 May - The Arniston, a British troop transport East Indiaman, is wrecked at Waenhuiskrans near Cape Agulhas while returning from the British campaigns in Ceylon

## Births

* 12 March - Cornelis Moll, founder of the first Natal newspaper De Natalier, is born as the 24th child in Cape Town

## Deaths

* 29 December - Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", dies in Paris.
