1700s in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during the 1700s in South Africa. As the century begins, Willem Adriaan van der Stel continues as the Governor of the Cape Colony.
Events
[edit]1700
[edit]- A new Dutch ordinance restricts the importation of Asian slaves.[1]
- The Dlamini chiefdoms migrate south, forming the core of the Swazi nation.
- The free burghers are allowed to trade with the Khoikhoi, causing economic decline for the latter.
- The Dutch lift inland trek restrictions, enabling colonial expansion to Winterberg, Witzenberg, and Roodezand.[2]
- Portuguese mineral interests in Africa shift to ivory as gold resources dwindle.[3]
1701
[edit]- A Khoikhoi-San raid ends up with over 40+ cattle being stolen from Dutch farmers at the Cape.[4]
- The Ashante of Ghana conquer the Denkyira, and another potential avenue of coastal trade for the VOC is opened.[5]
- The Koopmans de Wet House is built by Reijnier Smedinga, a silversmith and jeweler, after Willem Adriaan van der Stel granted plots 7 and 8 on Strand Street.[6][7]
- The Dutch East India Company enforces Dutch-only education and strict assembly laws, leading to Huguenots losing their distinct identity.[8][9]
1702
[edit]- 3 April—The Merenstejin, a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony
1703
[edit]- Licenses are issued to stock farmers, to graze cattle beyond colonial boundaries, on the Khoikhoi land.[10]
1704
[edit]- The Free Trade embargo against the Khoikhoi is lifted.[11]
- Adam Tas writes his diary of 1704, later becoming a personification of the free burghers' struggle against colonialism, and being responsible for the future creation of Historical Publications Southern Africa.[12][13]
- Ravelins are added on either side of the gateway at the Castle of Good Hope.[14]
- Daentie Rycken, Uys family progenitor, settles on the By Den Weg farm in Stellenbosch Kloof.[15]
1706
[edit]- 28 February—Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption and money laundering
1707
[edit]- 17 January—Rev. E.F. Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town. He enters politics and stirs up trouble
- 3 June—Johan Cornelis d'Ableing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony
1708
[edit]- 17 January—The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E.F. Le Bourg
- 1 February—Louis van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape
Births
[edit]- 1700—Hendrik Swellengrebel, later governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, is born in Cape Town on 20 September
References
[edit]See Years in South Africa for list of References
- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1700s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ "UNHCR Web Archive". webarchive.archive.unhcr.org. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ Marks, Shula (1985-09-05), "Southern Africa, 1867–1886", The Cambridge History of Africa, Cambridge University Press, pp. 359–421, doi:10.1017/chol9780521228039.010, ISBN 978-1-139-05460-7, retrieved 2025-02-27
- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1700s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Africa Timeline | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Picard, Hymen W. J. (1968). Gentleman's Walk: The Romantic Story of Cape Town's Oldest Streets, Lanes and Squares. Cape Town: Struik.
- ^ Fransen, Hans (2004). The Old Buildings of the Cape. Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-86842-191-6.
- ^ Smith, Adam (1776), Wealth of Nations Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Penn State Electronic Classics edition, republished 2005, p.516
- ^ Weiss, Charles (1854). The refugees in Holland. Stringer & Townsend.
- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1700s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1700s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ admin. "All Publications". HIPSA. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ admin. "Home". HIPSA. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ Walker, Eric A. (1922). "Historical Atlas of South Africa" (PDF). 1820settlers.com.
- ^ Uys, Petrus Lafras, and Uys, Dirk Cornelius, "Die Voortrekker Uys-Familie vanaf 1704", in Historia, Amptelike Orgaan van die Historiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika, Year 1967, pp. 276–279.