1730s in South Africa
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1730
- The Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
imports slaves from MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
and ZanzibarZanzibarZanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba... - The first trekboers reach the GeorgeGeorge, Western CapeGeorge is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...
area, trek inland into LangkloofLangkloofLangkloof is a 160 km long valley in South Africa, lying between Herold, a small village north of George, and Humansdorp. The kloof was given its name by Isaq Schrijver in 1689, and more thoroughly explored by a later expedition under ensign August Frederik Beutler in 1752.The valley has been... - 8 March - Jan de la Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape Colony
- 8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue
1734
- Jan de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, claims Mossel BayMossel BayMossel Bay is a harbour town of about 130,000 people on the Southern Cape of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province...
for the Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape
1737
- 21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table BayTable BayTable Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this...
with a loss of 208 lives - 9 July - George SchmidtGeorge SchmidtGeorge Schmidt is a former defensive end in the National Football League. He first played for the Green Bay Packers during the 1952 NFL season. The following season he played with the Chicago Cardinals.-References:...
, the first Protestant missionaryMissionaryA missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
(Moravian Brethren) in southern Africa, arrives at the Cape - 20 September - Daniel van den Henghel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
- 18 December - The first Moravian mission stationMission StationMission Station is the eastern terminus station on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The station is located on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks in Mission on North Railway Avenue. The station opened in 1995,...
in South Africa is established in Genadendal near present-day CaledonCaledon, Western CapeCaledon is a town in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about east of Cape Town. it had a population of 10,650. It is located in, and the seat of, the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality....
by George SchmidtGeorge SchmidtGeorge Schmidt is a former defensive end in the National Football League. He first played for the Green Bay Packers during the 1952 NFL season. The following season he played with the Chicago Cardinals.-References:...
, "The Apostle of the Hottentots"
1739
- 1 March - Etienne Barbier's insurrection at PaarlPaarlPaarl is a town with 191,013 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its the third oldest European settlement in the Republic of South Africa and the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington...
- 1 April Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes the first South African born Governor when he is appointed Governor of the Cape
Deaths
- 1733 - Willem Adriaan van der StelWillem Adriaan van der StelWillem Adriaan van der Stel was appointed as extraordinary Council of the Dutch Indies, and Governor of the Cape Colony, a way station for the Dutch East India Company , from January 23, 1699 to 1707...
, Governor of the Cape, dies - 1737 - Adriaan van Kervel, Governor of the Cape, dies