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Jan De La Fontaine
Jan de la Fontaine ( 1684 – 6 May 1743) was governor of the Cape from 1729 to 1737, after also acting as governor in 1724 to 1727. Career De la Fontaine started his career with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1708 when he was sent to Batavia. In 1710 he was re-employed to the Dutch Cape Colony and arrived at the Cape in March 1710. At the Cape he was appointed assistant and junior merchant and progressed through the ranks to member of the council of policy in 1713 and in 1717, was given the rank of merchant. On the death of governor, Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes on 8 September 1724, De la Fontaine was appointed acting governor. He served in this capacity until 25 February 1727, when the new governor, Pieter Gysbert Noodt, assumed office. De la Fontaine then applied for discharge from the service of the VOC, but his request was rejected, and the company gave him a promotion to senior merchant and increased his salary substantially. When Noodt died in 1729, De la Fontaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Pasques De Chavonnes
Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (1654 – 8 September 1724) was governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 1714 till 1721. Early life Maurits (or Mauritz) Pasques de Chavonnes was born in The Hague and baptized on 23 July 1654 in de Grote Kerk, The Hague. He was the youngest son of Jeanne de Savorningenealogieonline and Pierre Pasques de Chavonnes, whose father, Joachim Pasques, marquis de Chavonnes, fled from after the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572. He married Bathazarina Kien in 1689 and later had two children: Anna Magdalena Pasques de Chavonnes and Pieter Rochus Pasque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviersonderend
Riviersonderend is a village in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, about east of Cape Town. It is located on a loop of the Sonderend River, from which it takes its name. In the census of 2011 it was recorded as having a population of 5,245. The N2 road (South Africa), N2 national road passes through Riviersonderend, forming its main street; it is by road from central Cape Town. History The village was established in 1923, when Edith S V McIntyre sold her farm, Tierhoek, to the local Dutch Reformed church council for 6000 South African pound, pounds. First known as "Rivier Zonder End" (Dutch language, Dutch for "river without end"), the name later changed to the Afrikaans language, Afrikaans "Riviersonderend". The name itself was originally a literal translation of the Khoekhoe language, Khoekhoe name ''"Kannakamkanna"'' ("river without end"). References External linksHistory of Riviersonderend {{Overberg District Municipality Populated places in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch East India Company People From Amsterdam
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Black L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1743 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors had seen the Rockies from the west side). * January 8 – King Augustus III of Poland, acting in his capacity as Elector of Saxony, signs an agreement with Austria, pledging help in war in return for part of Silesia to be conveyed to Saxony. * January 12 ** The Verendryes, and two members of the Mandan Indian tribe, reach the foot of the mountains, near the site of what is now Helena, Montana. ** An earthquake strikes the Philippines * January 16 –Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury turns his effects over to King Louis XV of France, 13 days before his death on January 29. * January 23 –With mediation by France, Sweden and Russia begin peace negotiations at Åbo to end the Russo-Swedish War. By August 17, Sweden cedes all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – King Charles II of England gives the title Duke of St Albans to Charles Beauclerk, his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn. * January 15 (January 5 O.S.) - To demonstrate that the River Thames, frozen solid during the Great Frost that started in December, is safe to walk upon, "a Coach and six horses drove over the Thames for a wager" and within three days "whole streets of Booths are built on the Thames and thousands of people are continually walking thereon." Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet, records the events in his diary. * January 26 – Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge of Venice. * January – Edmond Halley, Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke have a conversation in which Hooke later claimed not only to have derived the inverse-square law, but also all the laws of planetary motion attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. Hooke's claim is that in a letter to Newton on 6 January 1680, he first stated the inverse-square law. * Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1730s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1730s The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa. Events 1730 * The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar * The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inland into Langkloof * 8 March - Jan de la Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape Colony * 8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue 1732 * The Trek Boers, the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River 1733 * Matthias Lotter, master Gold and Silver Smith arrives at the Cape. 1734 * Jan de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, claims Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape 1736 * 14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape * Phalo becomes King of the Xhosa Nation 1737 * 21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table Bay with a loss of 208 lives * 9 July - George Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary (Mora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1720s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1720s The following lists events that happened during the 1720s in South Africa. Events 1722 * Groot Constantia was built * 17 January - ''Sampson'' and ''Amstelveer'', richly laden, are wrecked on the southern coast, beginning a disastrous year for Dutch ships in South Africa * 17 June - A gale lasting several days drives away ten ships lying at anchor in Table Bay harbour. All the ships sank, and 660 people lost their lives 1724 * 14 February - An expedition leaves Cape Town to establish ports along the east coast. The members reach Delagoa Bay and build a fort, but are later raided by English pirates * 8 September - Jan de la Fontaine provisionally becomes Governor of the Cape Colony 1727 * 25 February - Pieter Gysbert Noodt becomes Governor of the Cape 1728 * 28 April - Jan de la Fontaine is again appointed provisional Governor of the Cape * 3 July - The ship ''Middenmark'' is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and 75 people are drowne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Helena Bay
Saint Helena Bay ( af, St. Helenabaai) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Nicknamed by locals as ''Agterbaai'',''St Helena Bay.'' CapeWestCoast.org. http://www.capewestcoast.org/regions/town.php?town_id=29 the town is located on the shore of the bay, from which it derives its name and is approximately 150 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. It surrounds the towns of Vredenburg and Paternoster, and is located across the bay from Laaiplek. History Historically, Saint Helena Bay is the location where Vasco da Gama, first set foot in South Africa. The date of this event was recorded as 7 November, 1497. The bay was named ''Bahia de Santa Helena'' (Portuguese for its current name) after Saint Helena a devout, influential Christian and mother of Constantine I. During this time the Portuguese explorers and the local Khoikhoi became involved in a skirmish wounding Da Gama in the thigh. The Dutch East India Company est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffeljags River
Buffeljagsriver (Afrikaans for "buffalo hunt") is a river that originates where two other rivers meet, one being the Grootvadersbos River (Afrikaans for ''Grandfather's woods'') and the other the Tradou River. The confluence is just east of a small town, Suurbraak, Western Cape province. The Tredouw's Pass is situated just north (in the Langeberg) of this meeting point. To the west of the town the river flows into the Buffeljags Dam, and the river then heads south to join the Breede River (also known as the Breë River), not far from the Bontebok National Park. The Buffeljagsrivier the area Buffeljagsrivier, not to be confused with Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, is also the name of the small farming community located in the area. The Buffeljagsriver area is rich in historical value. Its name originates from the late 1800s when Governor Hendrick Swellengrebel's (from whom Swellendam got its name) son visited the area. It is said that he shot the last buffalo th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Brak River (river)
The Great Brak River ( af, Groot-Brakrivier) is a river in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mouth of the river lies at the town of Great Brak River which falls under the Mossel Bay Municipality. The nearest towns are Mossel Bay, 24 km to the west, and the largest town in the southern Cape George, 34 km to the east by road. The main tributaries of the Great Brak are the Perdeberg River, Tweeriviere River and Varings River. The Wolwedans Dam is the only dam in the river. History In 1734 Jan de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape Province, claimed Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River was proclaimed the eastern boundary of the Cape. This river should not be confused with the Brak River in Limpopo Province. See also * List of rivers of South Africa * List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa. __NOTOC__ In South African English (as well as Afrikaans), a dam refers to bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Gysbert Noodt
Pieter Gysbert Noodt was governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1727 to 1729. He was first employed by the United East India Company as director of fortifications in India, and visited the Cape of Good Hope for the first time in 1718, where he remained for nearly a year. He was a combative character, but it was not until his return to the Cape in 1727 as governor that it became clear exactly how unfit he was for office. He has explored some forests in the interior, but his name is mainly associated with the barbaric treatment of a number of soldiers, driven to obscurity by his actions. His unexpected death, while still sitting in his chair, was then seen as divine intervention. Noodt was buried in the Groote Kerk, Cape Town The Groote Kerk (Afrikaans and Dutch for "Great Church") is a Dutch Reformed church in Cape Town, South Africa. The church is South Africa's oldest place of Christian worship, built by Herman Schuette in 1841. The first church on this land was ... in Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay ( af, Mosselbaai) is a harbour town of about 99,000 people on the Southern Cape (or Garden Route) of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province. Mossel Bay lies 400 kilometres east of the country's seat of parliament, Cape Town (which is also the capital city of the Western Cape), and 400 km west of Port Elizabeth, the largest city in the Eastern Cape. The older parts of the town occupy the north-facing side of the Cape St Blaize Peninsula, whilst the newer suburbs straddle the Peninsula and have spread eastwards along the sandy shore of the Bay. The town's economy relied heavily on farming, fishing and its commercial harbour (the smallest in the Transnet Port Authority's stable of South African commercial harbours), until the 1969 discovery of natural offshore gas fields led to the development of the gas-to-liquids refinery operated by PetroSA. Tourism is another driver of Mossel Bay's economy. Etymology The origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
