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| 1815 |
| | | The congress of Vienna leaves the Cape of Good Hope in British hands | |
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| 1816 |
| | | The British establish Bathurst (now Banjul) at the mouth of the Gambia as a base against the slave trade | |
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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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| 1821 |
| | | The American Colonization Society buys the area later known as Liberia to settle freed slaves | |
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| 1822 |
| | | The first shipload of freed slaves reaches Cape Mesurado (in the region soon called Liberia) from the USA | |
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| 1827 |
| | | The Turkish governor of Algiers, flicking at the French consul with his fly whisk, finds that he has provoked a French blockade and eventually invasion | |
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| 1830 |
| | | Richard Lander and his brother John explore the lower reaches of the Niger, proving that the great river is navigable | |
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| 1830 |
| | | A French army invades Algeria, beginning the process which brings the region within the French empire | |
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| 1832 |
| | | The paddle steamer Alburkah becomes the first ocean-going iron ship, completing the journey from England to the Niger | |
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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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