1690s in South Africa

none 1690s August 2026 The following lists events that happened during the 1690s in South Africa. Events 1690 Settlers started moving beyond the Cape Colony driving off the Khoikhoi from the land Slaves in Stellenbosch attempt unsuccessfully to revolt 16 January - Wreck of the Galiot Noord, 24 km west of Cape St. Francis after a survey voyage to Delagoa Bay and Natal The Trek Boers settle beyond the Cape borders, clashing with the Khoikhoi and San. They raid their livestock, burn settlements, and seize land, whilst the Khoikhoi and San retaliate by attacking Trek Boer farms.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 The Kaapsche Vlek, or Cape hamlet, now has a few hundred houses and around 1,000 Europeans.Cape Town Founded History Today https://www.historytoday.com/archive/cape-town-founded 2025-02-26 www.historytoday.com 1691 1 June - Simon van der Stel is elevated to the rank of Governor of the Cape Colony Dutch Reformed Churches are founded in Drakenstein and Paarl 1693 The road to Hout Bay via Constantia Nek in the Cape Colony is completed 1695 2 November - A total of 3,000 oak trees are planted in Wynberg following an order by Simon van der Stel 1696 30 March - Simon van der Stel appointed a new chief of the Khoikhoi, naming him Hasdrubal and giving him a brass headed stick bearing the arms of the Dutch East India CompanyJanuary 2024 1698 27 May - Many are killed following the grounding of the ship Gravenstein at Roodestrand near Camps Bay 1699 11 February- Willem Adriaan van der Stel, son of Simon van del Stel, is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony.admin 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 Raven-Hart, R. “Cape of Good Hope 1652-1702. The first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers” 2 vols Vol. I: xvi+222 pp. with 28 b/w illust. Vol. II: xii+303 pp. with 37 b/w illust. A. A. Balkema, 1971, Cape Town, South Africa. 103 accounts by visitors to the Cape between 1652 and 1702, taken from the original Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Danish and German. The Foundations 1652-1662. Too many Cooks 1663-1679. Expansion and Exploration 1680-1698. Greed and Graft 1699-1702.Article on Willem Adriaan van der Stel at the Museum van de Vaderlandse Geschiedenis http://www.ru.nl/ahc/vg/vge.htm The Dutch East India Company galleon, the Wesel is dispatched to find the Prince Edward Islands but could not find themhttps://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA531 Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia 9781576074220 Mills William James 2003 Sheikh Yusuf dies in Zandvliet at the age of 73. His widows and daughters are allowed to return to Batavia, whilst others remain in the Cape.History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/history-muslims-south-africa-1652-1699-ebrahim-mahomed-mahida 2025-02-26 www.sahistory.org.zaColvin Ian Duncan Romance of Empire - South Africa Caxton Pub Co. 1909 170 enFrontpage South African Government https://www.gov.za/ 2025-02-26 www.gov.za Pierre Simond rewrites Psalms during his time in the Berg River Valley.Coertzen, P, 2001, Les Veilles Afriqualnes — Afrika Nagstudies. Die Herdigting van die Psalms in Frans aan die Kaap van Goeie Hoop in 1699.State Archives Cape Town: C 423, Incoming Documents (1697-1699): 7 May 1698)Coertzen P. 29 September 2010 The Huguenots of South Africa in history and religious identity https://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/5/4?utm_source=chatgpt.com Stellenbosch University The Cape Colony opposes further French refugee arrivals, and the Lords XVII rules to send only Lutheran colonists.de Bruin Karen 2021 From Viticulture to Commemoration: French Huguenot Memory in the Cape Colony (1688-1824) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0047.007/--from-viticulture-to-commemoration-french-huguenot-memory?rgn=main;view=fulltext Journal of the Western Society for French History 47 2573-5012Coertzen, “Documents and Commemoration,” 303 Dirk Coetsee is granted Uiterwyk in Bottelary as an estate.DEEL II : DIE EIENAARS VAN PLASE IN DIE DISTRIK STELLENBOSCH 1680 - 1860 https://digital.lib.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10019.2/5912/van%20der%20Bijl_Grondeienaars_1979_2.pdf?sequence=2Jonkershoek http://www.stellenboschheritage.co.za/wp-content/uploads/Jonkershoek-Whos-Who.pdf Daentie Rycken returns to the Cape with her son, Cornelis Jansz Uys.Rootenberg 1997, p. 146Rootenberg 2016, pp.35-44 The oldest church in South Africa, a Dutch Reformed one, finishes construction.February 2025 References Bibliography See Years in South Africa for further sources.