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
The Trek Boers, the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River
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
14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape
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 (Moravian Brethren) in southern Africa, arrives at the Cape
20 September - Daniel van den Henghel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
18 December - The first Moravian mission station in South Africa is established in Genadendal near present-day Caledon by George Schmidt, "The Apostle of the Hottentots"
1 March - Etienne Barbier's insurrection at Paarl
1 April Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes the first South African-born governor when he is appointed Governor of the Cape
1733 - Willem Adriaan van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, dies
1737 - Adriaan van Kervel, Governor of the Cape, dies
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