1700s in South Africa

none 1700s The following lists events that happened during the 1700s in South Africa. As the century begins, Willem Adriaan van der Stel continues as the Governor of the Cape Colony. Events 1700 A new Dutch ordinance restricts the importation of Asian slaves.General South African History Timeline: 1700s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1700s February 27, 2025 www.sahistory.org.za The Dlamini chiefdoms migrate south, forming the core of the Swazi nation. The free burghers are allowed to trade with the Khoikhoi, causing economic decline for the latter. The Dutch lift inland trek restrictions, enabling colonial expansion to Winterberg, Witzenberg, and Roodezand.UNHCR Web Archive https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20230522035926/https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f38dc1e.html February 27, 2025 webarchive.archive.unhcr.org Portuguese mineral interests in Africa shift to ivory as gold resources dwindle.Marks Shula Southern Africa, 1867–1886 1985-09-05 The Cambridge History of Africa 359–421 https://doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521228039.010 2025-02-27 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521228039.010 978-1-139-05460-7 subscription 1701 A Khoikhoi-San raid ends up with over 40+ cattle being stolen from Dutch farmers at the Cape.General South African History Timeline: 1700s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1700s 2025-02-27 www.sahistory.org.za The Ashante of Ghana conquer the Denkyira, and another potential avenue of coastal trade for the VOC is opened.Africa Timeline South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/africa-timeline 2025-02-27 www.sahistory.org.za The Koopmans de Wet House is built by Reijnier Smedinga, a silversmith and jeweler, after Willem Adriaan van der Stel granted plots 7 and 8 on Strand Street.Picard, Hymen W. J. (1968). Gentleman's Walk: The Romantic Story of Cape Town's Oldest Streets, Lanes and Squares. Cape Town: Struik.Fransen, Hans (2004). The Old Buildings of the Cape. Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp. 46–47. 978-1-86842-191-6. The Dutch East India Company enforces Dutch-only education and strict assembly laws, leading to Huguenots losing their distinct identity.Smith, Adam (1776), Wealth of Nations Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Penn State Electronic Classics edition, republished 2005, p.516Weiss Charles https://books.google.com/books?id=CtPK8yS80IcC&pg=PA134%20M.%20CHARLES%20WEISS%20(TRANSLATED%20FROM%20THE%20FRENCH%20BY%20HENRY%20WILLIAM%20HERBERT),%201854.%20NEW%20YORK:%20STRINGER%20 The refugees in Holland 1854 Stringer & Townsend en 1702 3 April—The Merenstejin, a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony 1703 Licenses are issued to stock farmers, to graze cattle beyond colonial boundaries, on the Khoikhoi land.General South African History Timeline: 1700s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1700s 2025-03-01 www.sahistory.org.za 1704 The Free Trade embargo against the Khoikhoi is lifted.General South African History Timeline: 1700s South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1700s 2025-03-01 www.sahistory.org.za Adam Tas writes his diary of 1704, later becoming a personification of the free burghers' struggle against colonialism, and being responsible for the future creation of Historical Publications Southern Africa.admin All Publications https://hipsa.org.za/all-publications/ 2025-03-01 HIPSA en-USadmin Home https://hipsa.org.za/ 2025-03-01 HIPSA en-US Ravelins are added on either side of the gateway at the Castle of Good Hope.Walker Eric A. 1922 Historical Atlas of South Africa https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/Media/documents/Historical%20Atlas%20of%20South%20Africa.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com 1820settlers.com Daentie Rycken, Uys family progenitor, settles on the By Den Weg farm in Stellenbosch Kloof.Uys, Petrus Lafras, and Uys, Dirk Cornelius, "Die Voortrekker Uys-Familie vanaf 1704", in Historia, Amptelike Orgaan van die Historiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika, Year 1967, pp. 276–279. 1706 28 February—Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption and money laundering 1707 17 January—Rev. E.F. Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town. He enters politics and stirs up trouble 3 June—Johan Cornelis d'Ableing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony 1708 17 January—The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E.F. Le Bourg 1 February—Louis van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape Births 1700—Hendrik Swellengrebel, later governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, is born in Cape Town on 20 September References See Years in South Africa for list of References