Pieter Hackius

Pieter Hackius (died November 30, 1671) was the fifth commander and first governor of the Cape of Good Hope.[1] Hackius succeeded Jacob Borghorst as commander on 25 March 1670 and was appointed governor on 2 June, 1670.[2] During his reign, efforts were made to encourage immigration from Holland. Hackius married Alida Paets and they had 5 children. Hackius was the first head of the Cape Colony to die in the Cape and was buried there.[3][4]

References

Theal, George McCall (1964). History of South Africa before 1795. C. Struik.
Kooi, Christine (2000). Liberty and Relligion: Church and State in Leinden's Reformation, 1572-1620. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11643-6.
Theal, George McCall (2010-12-02). History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi, from the Settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the Conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-02333-7.
Hunt, John (2005). Dutch South Africa: Early Settlers at the Cape, 1652-1708. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-904744-95-5.

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[1] Theal, George McCall (1964). History of South Africa before 1795. C. Struik.

[2] Kooi, Christine (2000). Liberty and Relligion: Church and State in Leinden's Reformation, 1572-1620. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11643-6.

[3] Theal, George McCall (2010-12-02). History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi, from the Settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the Conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-02333-7.

[4] Hunt, John (2005). Dutch South Africa: Early Settlers at the Cape, 1652-1708. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-904744-95-5.

Commanders and Governors of the Dutch Cape Colony
	Commanders 1652–1691	Jan van Riebeeck Zacharias Wagenaer Cornelis van Quaelberg Jacob Borghorst Pieter Hackius Albert van Breugel Johan Bax van Herenthals Hendrik Crudop Simon van der Stel
	Governors 1691–1795	Simon van der Stel Willem Adriaan van der Stel Johannes Cornelis d’Ableing Louis van Assenburg Willem Helot Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes Jan de la Fontaine Pieter Gijsbert Noodt Jan de la Fontaine Adriaan van Kervel Daniël van den Henghel Hendrik Swellengrebel Ryk Tulbagh Joachim van Plettenberg Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn Joachim van Plettenberg Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff Johannes Izaac Rhenius (Isaac Reinus) Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh & Simon Hendrik Frijkenius Abraham Josias Sluysken Those in italics were Acting Governors