1740s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1740s in South Africa.

1740s in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

1741

1742

1743

1744

  • 5 March — Georg Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary in South Africa, who worked with the Khoikhoi, returns to Europe.

1745

  • The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at Swellendam.
  • The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in the Swartland, Malmesbury.

1747

  • 22 February — A day of prayer and fasting is held for the elimination of the locust plague from Table Valley.
  • 26 October — Swellendam is founded.[1]

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Ansorge, Isabelle J.; Brundrit, Geoff; Brundrit, Jean; Dorrington, Rosemary A.; Fawcett, Sarah; Gammon, David W.; Henry, Tahlia; Hermes, Juliet; Hölscher, Beate; d’Hotman, Jethan; Meiklejohn, Ian (2016-09-23). "SEAmester – South Africa's first class afloat". South African Journal of Science. 112 (9/10). doi:10.17159/sajs.2016/a0171. ISSN 0038-2353.
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