1680s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1680s in South Africa.

1680s in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

1680

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1688

  • 6 January - A Dutch ship, Rosenberg sets sail from the Netherlands carrying fleeing French Huguenots after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes[3]
  • April - The first group of French Huguenots refugees arrive in the Cape
  • Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony settles the Huguenot refugees in the present day Drakenstein, Franschhoek and Wellington areas which were beyond the Cape Colony and belonged to the Khoikhoi people

1689

  • 4 January - The Dutch East India Company ship, the Noord became the first ship to sail into the Bay of Natal to search for survivors of the Stavenisse shipwreck of 1686 [2]
  • 26 April - The French ship Normandie is captured by the Dutch in Table Bay
  • Serious friction develops between the Huguenots and the Dutch settlers

Births

Deaths

  • 1689 - IJsbrand Goske, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies

See also

References

  1. "History of Durban, South Africa". www.footprinttravelguides.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. tinashe (1 April 2011). "Durban Timeline 1497-1990". www.sahistory.org.za.
  3. "A Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands | South African History Online".

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