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
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
The road to Hout Bay via Constantia Nek in the Cape Colony is completed
2 November - A total of 3,000 oak trees are planted in Wynberg following an order by Simon van der Stel
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
27 May - Many are killed following the grounding of the ship Gravenstein at Roodestrand near Camps Bay
11 February- Willem Adriaan van der Stel, son of Simon van del Stel, is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony
14 May 1699 - Ryk Tulbagh, Governor of the Cape, is born
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