1670s in South Africa

1670s in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1670s in South Africa.

Events

1670

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 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

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

Deaths

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References

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