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Years In South Africa
This is a list of years in South Africa. Before European colonization * BCE in Southern Africa * Early CE in Southern Africa *13th century *14th century Colonization *15th century *16th century * * * * * * * * * * * * * Union of South Africa * * * * * * Republic of South Africa * * * * Post Apartheid * * * * See also * Timelines of cities in South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria Bibliography * Historical dictionary of South Africa, ''Christopher Saunders, Nicholas Southey' 2nd Edition, Lanham, Md., London: Scarecrow Press'' ''Manual of South African Geography: Forming a Companion to the Map of South Africa to 16° South Latitude.'' published in 20th century ;pre-1990s * * Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, ''DJ Potgieter, Cape Town: NASOU, 1970'' * Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa, ''CFJ Muller, 3rd rev., Pretoria Academica, 1981'' * Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa 5th Edition '', 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of South Africa
The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. South Africa's prehistory has been divided into two phases based on broad patterns of technology namely the Stone Age and Iron Age. After the discovery of hominins at Taung and australopithecine fossils in limestone caves at Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, and Kromdraai these areas were collectively designated a World Heritage site. The first nations of South Africa are collectively referred to as the Khoisan, the Khoi Khoi and the San separately. These groups were displaced or sometimes absorbed by migrating Africans (Bantus) during the Bantu expansion from Western and Central Africa. While some maintained separateness, others were grouped into a category known as Coloureds, a multiracial ethnic group which includes people with shared ancestry from two or more of these groups: Khoisan, Bantu, English, Afrikaners, Austronesians, East Asians and South Asians. European exploration of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1630s In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1630s in South Africa. Events * 1631 - The Khoikhoi leader Autsumao, is taken to Batavia and is later returned to the Cape to serve as an interpreter. He also acts as the resident agent/postmaster for the passing ships * 1635 - The Portuguese ''Nossa Senhora'' runs aground near the mouth of the Umzimkulu River Births References See Years in South Africa This is a list of years in South Africa. Before European colonization * BCE in Southern Africa * Early CE in Southern Africa *13th century *14th century Colonization *15th century *16th century * * * * * * * * * * * * * Union of South ... for list of References History of South Africa {{Africa-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1760s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1760s The following lists events that happened during the 1760s in South Africa. Events 1760 * trekboers Jansz Coetse, Klas Barends and others cross the Gariep River (now called the Orange River) 1763 * 11 September – The "La Fortune", a French man-of-war, is wrecked near Mossel Bay in the Cape Colony while on its way from Réunion 1766 * 112 slaves from Madagascar arrive in Cape Town after a slave uprising on board the slaver ship Meermin. Births * 1 February 1761 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, mycologist, is born in the Cape Colony Deaths * 1760 – Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies References See Years in South Africa This is a list of years in South Africa. Before European colonization * BCE in Southern Africa * Early CE in Southern Africa * 13th century * 14th century Colonization *15th century * 16th century * * * * * * * * * * * * * Union of So ... for list of References History of South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1750s The following lists events that happened during the 1750s in South Africa. Events 1750 * 30 March - Ryk Tulbagh is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony 1754 * A population count shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony 1755 * The foundation stone of Old Town House in Cape Town is laid * 1 May - A Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die References See Years in South Africa This is a list of years in South Africa. Before European colonization * BCE in Southern Africa * Early CE in Southern Africa * 13th century * 14th century Colonization *15th century * 16th century * * * * * * * * * * * * * Union of So ... for list of References History of South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1740s In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1740s in South Africa. Events 1741 * Henri Guillaume Bossau, founder of the Boshoff family in South Africa and great-grandfather of Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, 2nd state president of the Orange Free State, arrives in Cape Town from Bayonne, France as a locksmith in the service of the Dutch East India Company. 1742 * 25 January — Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, is arrested in Cape Town on sundry charges. 1743 * The Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, Von Imhoff visits Cape Town. * Simon's Bay is chosen to be used as a harbour between mid-May and mid-August because of the damage caused by the winter storms in Table Bay. * A Dutch Reformed Church is established in Roodezand, today known as Tulbagh. 1744 * 5 March — Georg Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary in South Africa, who worked with the Khoikhoi, returns to Europe. 1745 * The Dutch East India Company establishe ... [...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] |
1710s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1710s The following lists events that happened during the 1710s in South Africa. Events 1711 * 28 December - Willem Helot is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony 1713 * 16 March - A smallpox epidemic broke out at the Cape Colony 1714 * 28 March - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes is appointed Governor of the Cape 1717 * The system of freehold title to land in the Cape ends Deaths * 27 December 1711 - Louis van Assenburgh, Governor of the Cape, dies * 24 June 1712 - Simon van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, died at his estate in Constantia, Cape Colony References See Years in South Africa This is a list of years in South Africa. Before European colonization * BCE in Southern Africa * Early CE in Southern Africa *13th century *14th century Colonization *15th century *16th century * * * * * * * * * * * * * Union of South ... for list of references. History of South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1700s The following lists events that happened during the 1700s in South Africa. Events 1700 * An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape Colony’s administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves 1702 * 3 April—The ''Merenstejin'', a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony 1706 * 28 February—Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption and money laundering 1707 * 17 January— Rev. E.F. Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town. He enters politics and stirs up trouble * 3 June—Johan Cornelis d'Ableing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony 1708 * 17 January—The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E.F. Le Bourg * 1 February— Louis van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape Births * 1700—Hendrik Swellengrebel, later governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1690s In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1690s in South Africa. Events 1690 * Settlers started moving beyond the Cape Colony driving off the Khoikhoi from the land * Slaves in Stellenbosch attempt unsuccessfully to revolt * 16 January - Wreck of the ''Galiot Noord'', 24 km west of Cape St. Francis after a survey voyage to Delagoa Bay and Natal 1691 * 1 June - Simon van der Stel is elevated to the rank of Governor of the Cape Colony * Dutch Reformed Churches are founded in Drakenstein and Paarl 1693 * The road to Hout Bay via Constantia Nek in the Cape Colony is completed 1695 * 2 November - A total of 3,000 oak trees are planted in Wynberg following an order by Simon van der Stel 1696 * 30 March - Simon van der Stel appointed a new chief of the Khoikhoi, naming him Hasdrubal and giving him a brass headed stick bearing the arms of the Dutch East India Company 1698 * 27 May - Many are killed following the grounding of the ship ''Gravenstein'' at Roodestrand nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1680s In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1680s in South Africa. Events 1680 * Land is given to Dutch farmers along the Eerste River in the Cape Colony 1681 * March - Deported Islamic religious leaders arrive from Batavia, later to become the Cape Malay community 1682 * 8 June - The ''Johanna'', a British East Indiaman sailing from Kent to Surat, India under the command of Captain Robert Brown is shipwrecked off Cape Agulhas 1683 * 24 October - Olof Bergh, a Swedish explorer, arrived back in Cape Town from his second expedition to Namaqualand 1684 * The Dutch East India Company unilaterally establishes price controls over hides, skins, ivory and ostrich eggs in the Cape Colony * An English ship arrives off the eastern coast of KwaZulu-Natal to trade for ivory 1685 * 17 May - The English ketch ''Good Hope'' is shipwrecked off Bay of Natal * The Cape Colonists send a commissioner to Europe to attract more settlers * Copper is discovered by the settlers in Namaqual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1670s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1670s The following lists events that happened during the 1670s in South Africa. Events 1670 * 2 June - Pieter Hackius is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony 1671 * Land is purchased from the Khoikhoi and the Cape Colony started * 1 December- After the death of Pieter Hackius, Governor of the Cape, a political council is appointed to run the colony with Coenraad van Breitenbach as chairman 1672 * Sugar cane is introduced * Production of Brandy is started * 23 March - Albert van Breugel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape * 2 October - IJsbrand Godske is appointed Governor of the Cape 1673 * 1673 - When negotiations for trade of livestock fails, the Dutch East India Company sends in Hieronimus Cruse to attack the Cochoqua. This is the beginning of Second Dutch-Khoikhoi War in which the Dutch take approximately 1800 head of livestock 1676 * 2 January - Johan Bax van Herenthals is appointed Governor of the Cape * 18 February - Two young lions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
