1661 in South Africa

none The following lists events that happened during 1661 in South Africa. 1661 Incumbents Commander of the Cape - Jan van Riebeeck Events Pieter Cruythoff & 15 men begin an expedition towards north of the Cape.General South African History Timeline: 1600s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1600s 2025-02-21 www.sahistory.org.za Pieter Cruythoff and his men reach Namaqua territory, describing them as giants in animal skins with iron & copper beadwork. The VOC complains that Jan van Riebeeck was establishing a colony and a town, a plan that had been discouraged by the company.The Dutch Settlement South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/dutch-settlement 2025-02-21 www.sahistory.org.za The Duijnhoop redoubt becomes abandoned, and falls into disrepair. Vanrhynsdorp is first explored by Europeans through Pieter van Meerhoff.Vanrhynsdorp Town - Tourist Information https://www.places.co.za/info/town/vanrhynsdorp.html 2025-02-21 SA Places en The first permanent British settlement on the African continent is made at James Island in the Gambia River, which becomes a key post in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.2025-02-11 British Empire History, Countries, Map, Size, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Empire 2025-02-21 www.britannica.com enApproximate greatest territorial extent of Dahomey (c.19th century) https://doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-19/conversation/figure17 2025-02-21 doi.org 10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-19/conversation/figure17 21 July 2025 Jacques de Villiers, part of the future de Villiers winemaking family, is born.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 2573-5012Abe's priorities https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11538783.cmp.6 2025-02-21 doi.org 10.3998/mpub.11538783.cmp.6 Prost Antoine La loi Faure, de Matignon à l'Élysée 2016 La loi Edgar Faure 61–77 https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pur.46703 2025-02-21 Presses universitaires de Rennes 10.4000/books.pur.46703 978-2-7535-4872-5 References Category:1661 in Africa Category:1661 by country