1670s in South Africa

1670s in South Africa

"See also:"
1660s in South Africa,
other events of the 1670s,
1680s in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

1670

* 2 June - Pieter Hackius is appointed Governor of the Cape

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 negiotiations 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

See Timeline of South African history for list of References


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