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The written history of the Cape Colony in what is now South Africa began when Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias became the first modern European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. In 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed along the whole coast of South Africa on his way to India, landed at St Helena Bay for 8 days, and made a detailed description of the area. The Portuguese, attracted by the riches of Asia, made no permanent settlement at the Cape Colony. However, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settled the area as a location where vessels could restock water and provisions.
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch navigator, ambassador and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company.
The following lists events that happened during the 1790s in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1905 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1903 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during the 1670s in South Africa.
Simon van der Stel was the first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (1691), the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. He was interested in botany, establishing vineyards Groot and Klein Constantia, and producing a famous dessert wine. He is considered one of the founders of South African viticulture.
The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. These events were the longest-running military resistance against European colonialism in Africa.
Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was the governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 11 August 1771 to 14 February 1785. Plettenberg was presiding governor after Ryk Tulbagh's death. On 18 May 1774 he was permanently appointed as governor.
Cornelis van Quaelberg, also written as van Quaelbergen or van Quaalberg was the third commander of the Dutch Cape Colony from 1666 to 1668.
Baron Pieter van Reedevan Oudtshoorn was a senior official and Governor designate of the Dutch Cape Colony. He was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony in 1772 to succeed the deceased Governor Ryk Tulbagh but died at sea on his way to the Cape Colony to take up his post. The Western Cape town of Oudtshoorn is named after him. He is the progenitor of the van R(h)eede van Oudtshoorn family in South Africa.
Adriaan van Kervel was the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 31 August 1737 to 19 September 1737. After only three weeks of serving as the Governor he died and Daniël van den Henghel was appointed in an acting capacity.
Hendrik Crudop was a VOC official who also acted as commander at the Cape of Good Hope after the death of Commander Johan Bax van Herenthals in 1678 until the arrival of Simon van der Stel.
Willem Helot, was secunde and Acting Governor of the Cape Colony.
Louis van Assenburgh, , Governor of the Cape Colony between 1708 and 1711.
Johan Isaac Rhenius, Cape official and acting Governor of the Cape Colony between 1791 and 1792.
Jan de la Fontaine was governor of the Cape from 1729 to 1737, after also acting as governor in 1724 to 1727.
Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh was a Dutch statesman, first advocate and Commissioner General of the Dutch East India Company.
Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was a Dutch States Army officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of the Cape from 1785 to 1791.
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