The following lists events that happened during the 1660s in

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Events

1660

* The

Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...

imports the first

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million y ...

s into the Cape from

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* Jan Danaert leads a horseback expedition from the Cape settlement to the east and reaches what he names the Olifants River * Pieter Everaert leads an unsuccessful horseback expedition from the Cape settlement to the north in an attempt to locate the land of the Namaqua

1661

* Pieter Cruythoff is sent out from the Cape settlement to investigate the suitability of the interior for

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

1662

* 7 May -

Jan van Riebeeck Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company. Life Early life Jan van Riebeeck was born in Culemborg, as the son of a surgeon. He ...

leaves the Cape on promotion to a position on the Council of Justice in

* 9 May -

Zacharias Wagenaer Zacharias Wagenaer (also known as ''Wagener'', ''Wagenaar'' and ''Wagner'') (10 May 1614 – 12 October 1668) was a German-born Dutch clerk, illustrator, merchant, member of the Court of Justice, opperhoofd of Deshima and the only German governo ...

succeeds Van Riebeeck as Commander of the Cape

1663

* 4 March - the

Prince Edward Islands The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa. The islands are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Island ...

were discovered by Barent Barentszoon Lam of the

ship ''Maerseveen'', and named them Maerseveen (Marion) and Dina (Prince Edward).Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia
/ref> * Settler outposts are established in the Hottentots Holland and

Saldanha Bay Saldanha Bay ( af, Saldanhabaai) is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Mu ...

areas

1664

* 26 August -

Isbrand Goske IJsbrand Godske (also spelled Isbrand, Usbrand, Goske, or Godsken) ( 1626 – after 1689) was the second Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony. After the death of Governor Pieter Hackius's on 30 November 1671, Godske was appointed to succeed him wi ...

arrives at the Cape as Commissioner, and was instructed to select a site for the

Castle of Good Hope The Castle of Good Hope ( nl, Kasteel de Goede Hoop; af, Kasteel die Goeie Hoop) known locally as the Castle or Cape Town Castle is a bastion fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of ...

1665

* 18 August - The first

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family and ...

congregation is founded at the Cape and J. van Arkel is appointed the first minister

1666

* Settlements in

and Vishoek are established * The first

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

church built in the Cape * 2 January - Work commenced on a fortress, known as the

, which replaced the previous wooden fort built by

and his men * 24 October -

Cornelis van Quaelberg Cornelis van Quaelberg, also written as van Quaelbergen or van Quaalberg (1623 – 3 February 1687)Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

s arrive as slaves

1668

* Hieronimus Cruse explores the southeast coast as far as

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 ...

* 16 June - Jacob Borghorst is appointed Commander of the Cape

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Deaths

* 1662 - Doman and Autsumao, leaders of the

Khoikhoi Khoekhoen (singular Khoekhoe) (or Khoikhoi in the former orthography; formerly also ''Hottentot (racial term), Hottentots''"Hottentot, n. and adj." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, March 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/88829. Accessed 13 ...

and interpreters dies * 1668 -

, Commander of the Cape, dies

References

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