1700s in South Africa

"See also:"
1690s in South Africa,
other events of the 1700s,
1710s in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

1700

* An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape Colony's administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves
* Dlamini chiefdoms move south and settle north of the Phongolo River; thereby forming the core of the future Swazi nation
* Free burghers are permitted to trade with the Khoikhoi chiefdoms
* The colony's administration scraps its policy of forbidding the inland trek of migrant stock farmers or trekboers. The boundaries are extend north and include Winterberg, Witzenberg and Roodezand, later called Tulbagh

1702

* 3 April - The "Merenstejin", a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony

1706

* 28 February - Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption

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
* 23 April - Willem Adriaan van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands as a direct result of Adam Tas's petition
* 3 June - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape

1708

* 17 January - The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E F Le Bourg
* 1 February - Lodewijk van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape

Births

* 1700 - Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape

References

See Timeline of South African history for list of References