2 June - Pieter Hackius is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony
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
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 - 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
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
The settlement of Hottentots-Holland is established
29 June Hendrik Crulax is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
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
30 November 1671 - Pieter Hackius dies
18 January 1677 - Jan van Riebeeck dies at Batavia on Java
29 June 1678 - Johan Bax dies
1670s in South Africa Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
