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| 1815 |
| | | The congress of Vienna leaves the Cape of Good Hope in British hands | |
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| 1816 |
| | | Shaka wins control of the Zulu and begins to build them into a formidable military machine | |
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| 1820 |
| | | The first big influx of British settlers, numbering some 5000, arrives at Cape Town in South Africa | |
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| 1822 |
| | | Mzilikazi, after a quarrel with Shaka, leads the Ndebele people to new territories west of Natal | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Shaka is murdered by his half-brother Dingaan, who becomes leader of the Zulu in his place | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Hendrik Potgieter sets off with some 200 Boers and their cattle at the start of the Great Trek to the north | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Hendrik Potgieter and the Boers, protected by a laager at Vegkop, hold off an attack by a large force of Ndebele tribesmen | |
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| 1837 |
| | | After a victory at Vegkop, Boers massacre the inhabitants of a dozen Ndebele villages in secret dawn raids | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Piet Retief emerges as the new leader of the Great Trek, replacing Potgieter | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Potgieter defeats the Ndebele at the Marico river and drives them north of the Limpopo | |
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