1680s in South Africa

none 1680s August 2026 The following events happened in South Africa during the 1680s. Events 1680 Land is given to Dutch farmers along the Eerste River in the Cape Colony 1681 March - Deported Islamic religious leaders arrive from Batavia, later to become the Cape Malay community 1682 8 June - The Johanna, a British East Indiaman sailing from Kent to Surat, India under the command of Captain Robert Brown is shipwrecked off Cape Agulhas 1683 Cape Colonists petition for a school in Stellenbosch for the 30 families that are there.General South African History Timeline: 1600s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1600s 2025-02-25 www.sahistory.org.za Sybrand Mankadan is appointed as a teacher in Stellenbosch, alongside being a preacher and sick-visitor. Sheikh Yusuf is captured and exiled by the Dutch to Ceylon, eventually arriving at the Cape of Good Hope 11 years later.The Cape Malay South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/cape-malay 2025-02-25 www.sahistory.org.za Olof Bergh leads another expedition to the Nama people.History of the Okiep copper district: Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province South Africa. - Free Online Library https://www.thefreelibrary.com/History+of+the+Okiep+copper+district:+Namaqualand,+Northern+Cape...-a0120038130 2025-02-25 www.thefreelibrary.com"Rapport van den Vaendrich Olof Bergh op hare reyse na de Cralie van de Namaquas"Botanical exploration of southern Africa : an illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora : biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times WorldCat.org 8591273 en Olof Bergh's expedition attempts to reach the Tropic of Capricorn, but is halted by drought and rough terrain near the Doornbosch River. The travel diaries of Olof Bergh contribute to the evolution of Dutch into AfrikaansTHE FIRST CONTACTS OF THE DUTCH WITH THE BUSHMEN UNTIL THE TIME OF SIMON VAN DEn STEL. (1686.) https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00382353_7990 The first use of "bosjesmans" (bushmen) for indigenous people and "Afrijkaenders" for Dutch settlers is recorded.Parkington John December 1977 Soaqua: Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers of the Olifants River Valley Western Cape https://www.jstor.org/stable/3888661 The South African Archaeological Bulletin 32 126 150–157 10.2307/3888661 3888661 subscription van Wyk At April 1990 Wie is 'n Afrikaner? https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive-files/DeApr90.1017.0243.000.000.Apr1990.7.pdf The VOC establishes a cattle stock-farm at Klapmuts.History of South Africa 1486 - 1691. George McCall Theal, London 1888 Hawthornden House in Wynberg has its original construction.February 2025 1684 The Dutch East India Company unilaterally establishes price controls over hides, skins, ivory and ostrich eggs in the Cape Colony An English ship arrives off the eastern coast of KwaZulu-Natal to trade for ivoryhttp://www.footprinttravelguides.com/africa-middle-east/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/durban/history-of-durban/ History of Durban, South Africa www.footprinttravelguides.com 2016-01-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20150621042255/http://www.footprinttravelguides.com/africa-middle-east/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/durban/history-of-durban 2015-06-21 deadhttp://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/durban-timeline-1497-1990 Durban Timeline 1497-1990 tinashe 1 April 2011 www.sahistory.org.za 1685 17 May - The English ketch Good Hope is shipwrecked off Bay of Natal The Cape Colonists send a commissioner to Europe to attract more settlers Copper is discovered by the settlers in Namaqualand Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony, is granted a 900-morgen property and is named Groot Constantia Simon van der Stel visits Namaqualand The VOC Commissioner Hendrik van Rheede decrees male slaves to be freed at 25 and females at 22, with targeted work training provided, but this is never enacted upon.General South African History Timeline: 1600s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1600s 2025-02-26 www.sahistory.org.za A slave school is established in the Slave Lodge for VOC slave children. Marriages between Dutchmen and female slaves are prohibited, unless the slave has a Dutch father. After decades of exploration, an expedition involving Simon van der Stel and other Dutch settlers discovers copper deposits in Namaqualand.See the facsimile of his illustrated manuscript on this expedition, ed. by M.L. Wilson and WJJ van Rijssen: Codex Witsenii. Annotated watercolours of landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expedition to the Copper Mountains, Namaqua, 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Cape Town: Iziko Museums, 2002 Simon van der Stel makes the oldest visible engravings of the Heerenlogement cave.Leaving their mark: names recorded on the walls of the Heerenlogement Cave University of Cape Town https://humanities.uct.ac.za/apc/leaving-their-mark-names-recorded-walls-heerenlogement-cave 2025-02-26 Faculty of Humanities en The Amersfoort anchors at the Cape with a 174-slaves cargo.The Early Cape Slave Trade South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/early-cape-slave-trade 2025-02-26 www.sahistory.org.za A Constantia farm is granted by the VOC to Simon van der Stel.Van der Stel era, 1685-1714 – Slavery in South Africa https://slavery.iziko.org.za/vanderstelera/ 2025-02-26 en-US2025-02-09 GuildSomm International https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/207/south-africa 2025-02-26 www.guildsomm.com enFairbridge Dorothea 1922 Historic houses of South Africa https://archive.org/stream/cu31924014905834#page/n131/mode/2up The revocation of the Edict of Nantes leads to the persecution of Huguenots in France. The VOC encourages Huguenot immigration to the Cape for agriculture.The Huguenot History https://huguenotsociety.org.za/history-of-the-huguenots/ 2025-02-26 The Huguenot Society of South Africa en-ZA 1686 16 February - A Dutch East India Company ship Stavemisse is shipwrecked about 112 km south of Port of Natal 25 December - An English ketch Bona Ventura is shipwrecked at St Lucia Bay A Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Stellenbosch, Cape Colony 1687 Free burghers in the Cape Colony petition the Dutch East India Company to extend the slave trade to private enterprise The Paarl settlement is established in the Cape Colony 1688 6 January - A Dutch ship, Rosenberg sets sail from the Netherlands carrying fleeing French Huguenots after the revocation of the Edict of Nanteshttp://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/dutch-ship-rosenberg-carrying-huguenots-leaves-cape-netherlands A Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands | South African History Online April - The Honselaarsdijk, a first of nine VOC ships carrying around 200 Huguenots, arrives in Table Bay.The Huguenot History https://huguenotsociety.org.za/history-of-the-huguenots/ 2025-02-26 The Huguenot Society of South Africa en-ZAUNHCR Web Archive https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20230522035926/https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f38dc1e.html 2025-02-26 webarchive.archive.unhcr.orgCOERTZEN Pieter, The Huguenots of South Africa (1688-1988), Tafelberg, Le Cap, 1988admin 2014-01-11 The Dutch in South Africa, 1652-1795 and 1802-1806 https://www.colonialvoyage.com/dutch-south-africa/ 2025-02-26 Colonial Voyage en-US 2021-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20210227005448/https://www.colonialvoyage.com/dutch-south-africa/ dead Simon van der Stel sets aside land for Huguenot settlements in Franschhoek and Drakenstein.Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.Huguenot Society of South Africa https://www.hugenoot.org.za/histSA.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20210422130537/http://www.hugenoot.org.za/histSA.htm 2021-04-22 2025-02-26 www.hugenoot.org.zaGiliomee et al. (2007), New History of South Africa. Tafelberg Publishers: Cape Town. Pg 60.Lambert David E. The Protestant international and the Huguenot migration to Virginia 2010 Peter Lang 978-1-4331-0759-7 Studies in church history New York 436358420 The Huguenot refugees from France begin to mainly settle in Franschhoek.General South African History Timeline: 1600s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1600s 2025-02-26 www.sahistory.org.za Flemish merchant Jacques De Savoye founds the Vrede en Lust winefarm after fleeing Europe due to religious persecution.History: Our story started in 1688 https://wine.co.za/page/page.aspx?PAGEID=3801 2025-02-26 wine.co.za en 1689 4 January - The Dutch East India Company ship, the Noord became the first ship to sail into the Bay of Natal to search for survivors of the Stavenisse shipwreck of 1686 26 April - The French ship Normandie is captured by the Dutch in Table Bay Serious friction develops between the Huguenots and the Dutch settlers Deaths 1689 - IJsbrand Goske, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies See also Years in South Africa References External links