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

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 Company

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

Births

• 14 May 1699 - Ryk Tulbagh, Governor of the Cape, is born

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References