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1656 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1656 in South Africa.
1656
Incumbents
Commander of the Cape Colony - Jan van Riebeeck
Events
February 2025
For the first time a Cape slave, Catharina Anthonis, is freed to marry a Dutch settler, Jan Woutersz.General South African History Timeline of the 1600s https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1600sThe First Slaves at the Cape https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/first-slaves-cape 2025-02-20 www.sahistory.org.zaSlaves https://www.stamouers.com/people-of-south-africa/slaves 2025-02-20 www.stamouers.com
Additional farming land for the VOC's garden is prepared at Rondebosch.Gibson W. November 1897 V.—First Annual Report of the Geological Commission of the Cape of Good Hope for 1896. (Cape Town, 1897.) https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800185000 Geological Magazine 4 11 524–525 10.1017/s0016756800185000 1897GeoM....4..524G 0016-7568 subscription
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