1760s in South Africa

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See also: 1750s in South Africa, other events of 1760s, 1770s in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 1760 1.2 1763 1.3 1766 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1760

• Trekboers Jansz Coetse, Klaas Barends and others cross the Gariep River (now called the Orange River)

[edit] 1763

• 11 September - The "La Fortune", a French man-of-war, is wrecked near Mossel Bay in the Cape Colony while on its way from Réunion

[edit] 1766

• 112 slaves from Madagascar arrive in Cape Town after a slave uprising on board the "Meermin."

[edit] Births

• 1762 - Sebastian Cornelis Nederburgh, Commissioner-general of the Cape
• 25 June 1763 - Huybert Dirck Campagne, satirist and author, is born in Tiel, the Netherlands

[edit] Deaths

• 1760 - Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape, dies