1740s in South Africa

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See also: 1730s in South Africa, other events of 1740s, 1750s in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 1742 1.2 1743 1.3 1744 1.4 1745 1.5 1747 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1742

• 25 January - Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, is arrested in Cape Town on sundry charges

[edit] 1743

• The Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, Von Imhoff visits the Cape

- Simon's Bay is chosen to be used as a harbour between mid-May and mid-August because of the damage caused by the winter storms in Table Bay

- A Dutch Reformed Church is established in Roodezand (Tulbagh)

[edit] 1744

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

[edit] 1745

• The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at Swellendam
• The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in Swartland (Malmesbury)

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• 1746 - George Keith Elphinstone, Commissioner-general of the Cape
• 1747 - Simon Hendrik Frykenius
• 1748 - James Henry Craig, Commandant of the Cape
• 28 August 1748 - Tjaart van der Walt, farmer and field commandant in the 3rd Cape Frontier War is born in the Roggeveld district of Sutherland, Cape Colony
• 30 April 1749 - Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, Commissioner-general of the Cape

[edit] Deaths

• 1743 - Jean de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, dies