1720s in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1720s in South Africa.
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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 Gysbert 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
- 21 May 1721 - Johan Cornelis d'Ableing, acting Governor of the Cape, dies
- 1724 - Olof Bergh, Swedish explorer to Namaqualand, dies in Cape Town, aged 81
- 8 September 1724 - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, Governor of the Cape, dies
- 23 April 1729 - Pieter Gysbert 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
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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