Events

• The Governor of the Cape, Earl of Caledon
  Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon
  Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon KP , styled The Honourable from 1790 to 1800 and then Viscount Alexander to 1802, was an Irish peer, landlord and colonial administrator, and was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon.-Education and Inheritance:He was educated...
  
  , declares that the Hottentots had to have a fixed residence and could not migrate between regions without written authority.
• Gola's Xhosa community settles at Pramberg
• An severe drought occurs in eastern frontier area

Births

• 3 October - Robert Gray
  Robert Gray (bishop)
  Robert Gray was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.-Biography:Gray was born in Bishopwearmouth, north east England, the son of Robert Gray, Bishop of Bristol, who ordained him deacon in Wells Cathedral on 11 January 1834. His first parish was at Whitworth. In 1845 he became the vicar of...
  
  , the first Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Cape Town
  Anglican Diocese of Cape Town
  The Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, South Africa, came into being in 1847 with the consecration of the first bishop, Robert Gray, and later expanded to become the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, now called the Anglican Church of Southern Africa....
  
  , is born in Bishopwearmouth
  Bishopwearmouth
  Bishopwearmouth is an area in Sunderland, North East England.Bishopwearmouth was one of the original three settlements on the banks of the river Wear that merged to form modern Sunderland....
  
  , England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...