1790s in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during the 1790s in South Africa.

Events

More Xhosa clans started crossing the Great Fish River in search of better grazing

29 June – Johannes Isaac Rhenius is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony

A Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Graaff Reinet
A Moravian Mission is founded at Genadendal
23 June - Sebastian Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Freykenius, both Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company arrive in the Cape to settle disputes between the free citizens and the company.^[1]
- 3 July – Sebastian Nederburgh is appointed Commissioner-general of the Cape

Xhosas clash with the white settlers at the Fish River starting full out war, 2nd Cape Frontier War
War is declared by the victorious French revolutionaries against the Dutch Prince of Orange
Britain goes to war against France
2 September – Abraham Josias Sluysken is appointed the Governor of the Cape. He is the last governor under Dutch East India Company rule
8 October - After a series of victories, the Dutch commandoes led by Landdrost Honoratus CD Maynier, could not force the Xhosa back over the Fish River and peace was accepted and thereby ending the 2nd Cape Frontier War. ^[2]

The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins
29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet
18 June Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn
The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte
A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaries and the Prince of Orange flees to England
16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange
The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in
The start of free trade was announced

5 March – The Cape becomes a British colony
4 May – Sir John Barrow, author and explorer, arrives at the Cape Colony
23 May – The first British Governor of the Cape Colony, Lord Macartney, arrives.

Farmers of Graaff Reinet revolt against the British
The 3rd Cape Frontier War starts between white settlers and the Xhosas and only ends in 1801
The British build Fort Frederick in Algoa Bay
The eastern cape Khoikhoi revolt
The London Missionary Society set up their first station at Zak River
First recorded landing on the Prince Edward Islands by French sealers ^[3]
5 November - HMS Sceptre, wrecking, Table Bay
18 December – Sir G Young is appointed Governor of the Cape

1 May 1791 – The Rev. John Brownlee, founder of King William's Town, is born in Scotland
19 December 1792 - Hendrik Potgieter, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
9 April 1794 - John Fairbairn, newspaper proprietor, educator, financier and politician, is born in Scotland
21 December 1795 – Robert Moffat, Scottish Congregationalist missionary, is born in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
1 March 1797 - Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz, Voortrekker leader, is born in the Graaff-Reinet District
21 June 1797 - Christoffel Brand, politician, (d. 1875)
27 November 1798 - Andries Pretorius, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony

↑ Wallis, F. (2000) Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau Potgieter, D.J. (ed) (1973) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (SESA), VOL. 8. Published by NASOU Limited: Cape Town. p. 125
↑ Dictionary of Battles and Sieges by Tony Jaques Greenwood Publishing Group, 01 Jan 2007
↑ Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia

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