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1670s in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during the 1670s in South Africa.

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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 Goske 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 Herentals is appointed Governor of the Cape
  • 18 February - Two young lions are dispatched from Cape Town to Ceylon as a gift to the king of Kandy

    • 1678

  • The settlement of Hottentots-Holland is established
  • 29 June Hendrik Crulax is appointed acting Governor of the Cape

    • 1679

  • 26 April The building of the Castle of Good Hope is completed
  • 14 October Simon van der Stel is appointed Commander of the Cape
  • 6 November - Stellenbosch is founded

    • Deaths

  • 30 November 1671 - Pieter Hackius dies
  • 18 January 1677 - Jan van Riebeeck dies at Batavia on Java
  • 29 June 1678 - Johan Bax dies

    • References

    1670s in South Africa Wikipedia
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