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Patience Ann Ford, 1820 Settler

Female 1806 - 1828  (22 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1802 
  • Feb 1802—Jan 1806:
    SA - Batavian Republic rules the Cape.
2 1804 
  • 1804—1806:
    SA - Heinrich Lichtenstein travels to Dithakong
3 1806 
  • 1806—1806:
    Dartmoor Prison opened (built by French prisoners)
  • 1806—1806:
    SA - LMS station at Warmbad; Great Namaqualand
  • 1806—1806:
    SA - First regular inland postal service.
  • 1806—1806:
    SA - Second British occupation of the Cape
  • 9 Jan 1806—9 Jan 1806:
    Nelson buried in St Paul's cathedral, London
4 1807 
  • 1807—1807:
    SA - British ban slave trade, importation of slaves to the Cape ends
  • 25 Mar 1807—25 Mar 1807:
    Parliament passes Act prohibiting slavery and the importation of slaves from 1808 ? but does not prohibit colonial slavery
5 1808 
  • 1808—1808:
    SA - Clanwilliam founded.
  • 1808—1808:
    Gas lighting in London streets
  • 13 Jul 1808—13 Jul 1808:
    'Hot Wednesday' ? temperature of 101?F in the shade recorded in London
  • 20 Dec 1808—20 Dec 1808:
    Beethoven premieres his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy together in Vienna
6 1809 
  • 1809—1809:
    SA - Gola's Xhosa community settles at Pramberg.
  • 1809—1809:
    SA - Severe drought in eastern frontier.
  • 12 Feb 1809—12 Feb 1809:
    Birth of Charles Darwin
  • 18 Sep 1809—18 Sep 1809:
    Royal Opera House opens in London
7 1810 
  • 1810—1810:
    SA - Montshiwa of Rolong born
  • 1810—1810:
    John McAdam begins road construction in England, giving his name to the process of road metalling
8 1811 
  • 1811—1812:
    SA - William John Burchell travels in the interior
  • 1811—1811:
    SA - Caledon and George founded. Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Caledon. Regular circuit courts introduced.
  • 1811—1812:
    SA - Fourth Frontier War between Xhosa and whites.
  • 5 Feb 1811—5 Feb 1811:
    Prince of Wales (future George IV) made Regent after George III deemed insane
9 1812 
  • 1812—1812:
    SA - Molehabangwe of Tlhaping died; succeeded by son Mothibi
  • 1812—1812:
    SA - Cradock and Grahamstown founded.
  • 11 May 1812—11 May 1812:
    Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated ? shot as he entered the House of Commons by a bankrupt Liverpool broker, John Bellingham, who was subsequently hanged
  • 18 Jun 1812—18 Jun 1812:
    Start of American 'War of 1812' (to 1814) against England and Canada
  • Oct 1812—Oct 1812:
    Napoleon retreats from Moscow with catastrophic losses
10 1813 
  • 1813—1813:
    SA - Revd John Campbell conducts mission inspection in the interior
  • 1813—1813:
    SA - Adam Kok's people assert the name Griqua
  • 1813—1813:
    SA - Court proceedings opened to the public.
  • 1813—1813:
    Ireland: First recorded '12th of July' sectarian riots in Belfast
  • 1813—1813:
    Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'
11 1814 
  • 1814—1814:
    SA - The Cape Colony is formally ceded to Britain. Mail packet service started between Britain and the Cape.
  • 1 Jan 1814—1 Jan 1814:
    Invasion of France by Allies
  • 6 Apr 1814—6 Apr 1814:
    Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba
  • 13 Aug 1814—13 Aug 1814:
    Convention of London signed, a treaty between the UK and the Dutch
  • 24 Aug 1814—24 Aug 1814:
    The British burn the White House
  • 29 Nov 1814—29 Nov 1814:
    'The Times' first printed by a 'mechanical apparatus' (at 1100 sheets per hour)
  • 24 Dec 1814—24 Dec 1814:
    Treaty of Ghent signed ending the 1812 war between Britain and the US
12 1815 
  • 1815—1815:
    SA - Slagter's Nek Rebellion.
  • 1815—1815:
    Trial by Jury established in Scotland
  • 1815—1815:
    Davy develops the safety lamp for miners
  • 18 Jun 1815—18 Jun 1815:
    The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
13 1816 
  • 1816—1816:
    SA - Missionaries Read and Hamilton; with Hendriks; Kakkerlak and Sedras establish Kuruman Mission (LMS)
  • 1816—1816:
    SA - Wesleyan Mission to Nama at Leliefontein
  • 1816—1816:
    Income tax abolished
  • 1816—1816:
    For the first time British silver coins were produced with an intrinsic value substantially below their face value ? the first official 'token' coinage
  • 1816—1816:
    Climate: the 'year without a summer' ? followed a volcanic explosion of the mountain 'Tambora in Indonesia the previous year the biggest volcanic explosion in 10000 years
  • 1816—1816:
    Large scale emigration to North America
  • 1816—1816:
    Trans-Atlantic packet service begins
14 1817 
  • 1817—1817:
    SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Uitenhage.
  • 1817—1817:
    SA - Approximately 200 Scottish artisan immigrants brought to Cape by Benjamin Moodie.
  • 1817—1817:
    March of the Manchester Blanketeers; Habeas Corpus suspended
  • 1817—1817:
    Constable painted 'Flatford Mill'
15 1818 
  • 1818—1818:
    SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Cradock. Settlement of land beyond Orange River. Beaufort West founded.
  • 1818—1819:
    SA - Fifth Frontier War between Xhosa and whites. Grahamstown attacked.
  • 1818—1818:
    Manchester cotton spinners' strike
  • 20 Oct 1818—20 Oct 1818:
    'Convention of 1818' signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the US-Canada border on the 49th parallel for most of its length
16 1819 
  • 1819—1819:
    SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Beaufort West and Somerset West.
  • 1819—1819:
    Primitive bicycle, the Dandy Horse, becomes popular
  • 1819—1819:
    Britain returns to gold standard
  • 1819—1819:
    Singapore founded by Sir Stamford Raffles
  • May 1819—May 1819:
    SS 'Savannah' first steamship to cross Atlantic reaching Liverpool 20 June 1819 (26 Days reaching Liverpool 20 June 1819 (26 Days mostly under sail)
  • 16 Aug 1819—16 Aug 1819:
    Peterloo Massacre at Manchester ? a large, orderly group of 60,000 meets at St. Peter's Fields, Manchester ? demand Parliamentary Reform ? mounted troops charge on the meeting, killing 11 people and and maiming many others
17 1820 
  • 1820—1820:
    SA - James Read produces first book in SeTswana
  • 1820—1820:
    SA - Andries Waterboer elected Griqua Captain at Griquatown
  • 1820—1820:
    SA - Port Elizabeth named by Sir Rufane Donkin. Worcester founded.
  • 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.
  • 1820—1820:
    Cato Street Conspiracy ? plot to assissinate British cabinet
  • 1820—1820:
    Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition
  • 29 Jan 1820—29 Jan 1820:
    Accession of George IV, previously Prince Regent
  • 1 Aug 1820—1 Aug 1820:
    Regent's Canal in London opens
  • 17 Aug 1820—17 Aug 1820:
    Trial of Queen Caroline to prove her infidelities so George IV can divorce her ? George tries to secure a Bill of Pains and Penalties against her ? Caroline is virtually acquitted because bill passed by such a small majority of Lords
18 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
19 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
20 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')
21 1824 
  • 1824—1824:
    SA - George Thompson travels inland - naming Augrabies Falls "Cataract of King George"
  • 1824—1824:
    SA - Construction of road through Fransch Hoek Pass. First Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church. Mission station at Lovedale founded. First lighthouse opened.
  • 1824—1824:
    RSPCA established
  • 1824—1824:
    Portland cement patented
  • 4 Mar 1824—4 Mar 1824:
    Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded (called the 'National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck' until 1854)
  • 10 May 1824—10 May 1824:
    National Gallery in London opens to the public
22 1825 
  • 1825—1825:
    SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Somerset East.
  • 1825—1825:
    SA - First steamship in Table Bay. Depreciated rix dollar converted into British sterling. The Anglican St. Mary's Collegiate Church started in Port Elizabeth. The Jubilee Park Cemetery in Uitenhage in use circa 1825.
  • 27 Sep 1825—27 Sep 1825:
    Stockton to Darlington Railway opens ? world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains
23 1826 
  • 1826—1826:
    SA - Adam Kok II establishes Philippolis Griqua Captaincy
  • 1826—1826:
    SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Clanwilliam, Colesberg, Durbanville and Tijgerberg.
24 1827 
  • 1827—1827:
    Ohm's Law published
25 1828 
  • 1828—1828:
    SA - Ordinance 50 repeals pass laws
  • 1828—1828:
    SA - Circa 1828, the Union Chapel (London Missionary Society - i.e. Congregational) in Port Elizabeth is founded, records start in 1831. St. Mary's Cemetery started in Port Elizabeth circa 1828.
  • 25 Oct 1828—25 Oct 1828:
    St Katharine Docks in London opened (designed by Thomas Telford)

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