1670s in South Africa

Events

1670

• 2 June - Pieter Hackius is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony

1671

• Land is purchased from the Khoikhoi and the Cape Colony started
• 1 December- After the death of Pieter Hackius, Governor of the Cape, a political council is appointed to run the colony with Coenraad van Breitenbach as chairman

1672

• Sugar cane is introduced
• Production of Brandy is started
• 23 March - Albert van Breugel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
• 2 October - IJsbrand Goske is appointed Governor of the Cape

1673

• 1673 - When negotiations for trade of livestock fails, the Dutch East India Company sends in Hieronimus Cruse to attack the Cochoqua. This is the beginning of Second Dutch-Khoikhoi War in which the Dutch take approximately 1800 head of livestock

1676

• 2 January - Johan Bax van Herentals is appointed Governor of the Cape
• 18 February - Two young lions are dispatched from Cape Town to Ceylon as a gift to the king of Kandy

1678

• The settlement of Hottentots-Holland is established
• 29 June Hendrik Crulax is appointed acting Governor of the Cape

1679

• 26 April The building of the Castle of Good Hope is completed
• 14 October Simon van der Stel is appointed Commander of the Cape
• 6 November - Stellenbosch is founded

Deaths

• 30 November 1671 - Pieter Hackius dies
• 18 January 1677 - Jan van Riebeeck dies at Batavia on Java
• 29 June 1678 - Johan Bax dies

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References