1720s in South Africa

1720s in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1720s in South Africa.

Events

1722

  • Groot Constantia was built
  • 17 January - Sampson and Amstelveer, richly laden, are wrecked on the southern coast, beginning a disastrous year for Dutch ships in South Africa
  • 17 June - A gale lasting several days drives away ten ships lying at anchor in Table Bay harbour. All the ships sank, and 660 people lost their lives

1724

  • 14 February - An expedition leaves Cape Town to establish ports along the east coast. The members reach Delagoa Bay and build a fort, but are later raided by English pirates
  • 8 September - Jan de la Fontaine provisionally becomes Governor of the Cape Colony

1727

  • 25 February - Pieter Gijsbert van Noodt becomes Governor of the Cape

1728

  • 28 April - Jan de la Fontaine is again appointed provisional Governor of the Cape
  • 3 July - The ship Middenmark is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and 75 people are drowned

Deaths

  • 1721 - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing, acting Governor of the Cape, dies
  • 1724 - Olof Bergh, Swedish explorer to Namaqualand, dies in Cape Town, aged 81
  • 23 April 1728 - Pieter Gysbert van Noodt, Governor of the Cape, dies of a sudden heart attack at the age of 48 during the hanging of four soldiers who had deserted
  • 1727 - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, Governor of the Cape, dies

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References

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