1790s in South Africa

1790s in South Africa

"See also:"
1780s in South Africa,
other events of 1790s,
1800 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

1791

* 29 June - Johannes Isaac Rhenius is appointed acting Governor of the Cape

1792

* A Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Graaff Reinet
* A Moravian Mission is founded at Genadendal
* 3 July - Sebastian Cornelis Nederburgh is appointed Commissioner-general of the Cape

1793

* Xhosas clash with the white settlers at the Fish River starting the 2nd Cape Frontier War
* War is declared by the victorious French revolutionaries against the Dutch Prince of Orange
* Britain goes to war against France
* 2 September - Abraham Josias Sluysken is appointed the Governor of the Cape. He is the last governor under Dutch East India Company rule

1795

* The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins
* 29 January - Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet
* 18 June Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn
* The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte
* A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England
* 16 September - British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange
* The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in
* The start of free trade was announced

1797

* 5 March - The Cape becomes a British colony
* 4 May - Sir John Barrow, author and explorer, arrives at the Cape Colony
* 23 May - The first British Governor of the Cape Colony, Lord Macartney, arrives.

1798

* The first Post Office is established in the Cape Colony
* The Dutch East India Company is liquidated
* The first mosque in southern Africa is established in Dorp Street by Tuan Guru
* A Dutch Reformed Church is founded at Swellendam
* 22 November Dundas is appointed Governor of the Cape

1799

* Farmers of Graaff Reinet revolt against the British
* The 3nd Cape Frontier War starts between white settlers and the Xhosas and only ends in 1801
* The British build Fort Frederick in Algoa Bay
* The eastern cape Khoikhoi revolt
* The London Missionary Society set up their first station at Zak River
* 18 December - Sir G Young is appointed Governor of the Cape

Births

* 1 May 1791 - The Rev. John Brownlee, founder of King William's Town, is born in Scotland
* 21 December 1795 - Robert Moffat, Scottish Congregationalist missionary, is born in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland

Deaths

* 1793 - Baron Joachim van Plettenberg, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References


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