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A map of the frontier districts showing Settler locations, c. 1835. The 1820 Settlers were several groups of British colonists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, settled by the government of the United Kingdom and the Cape Colony authorities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 1820.
In 1820 Chapman carried settlers from England to South Africa under the British Government's 1820 Settlers scheme. Captain John Milbank sailed from London on 3 December 1819 with 271 settlers. Chapman arrived at Table Bay, Cape Town, on 17 March 1820, and Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, on 10 April. [23
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In 1820 the British Government sponsored the emigration of some 4000 settlers from England to South Africa. In addition to the sponsored immigrants, some private parties also sailed to South Africa in 1820.
Although England tended to trail behind Portugal, Spain, and France in establishing overseas colonies, it carried out its first modern colonisation, referred to as the Munster Plantations, in 16th century Ireland by settling it with English and Welsh Protestant settlers. England had already colonised part of the country following the Norman ...
In 1820 Ocean carried settlers from England to South Africa under the British Government's 1820 Settlers scheme. Captain Davis sailed from London on 13 December 1819 with 206 settlers. Ocean arrived at Table Bay, Cape Town, on 29 March 1820, and Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, on 15 April. [10
The British started to settle the eastern border of the Cape Colony, with the arrival in Port Elizabeth of the 1820 Settlers. They also began to introduce the first rudimentary rights for the Cape's Black African population and, in 1834, abolished slavery ; however, the government proved unable to rein in settler violence against the San ...
The Trial of Queen Caroline by George Hayter.. 8 January – General Maritime Treaty ("General Treaty for the Cessation of Plunder and Piracy by Land and Sea, Dated February 5, 1820") signed between the sheikhs of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah (later constituents of the Trucial States) in the Arabian Peninsula and the United Kingdom.