- 1740s in South Africa
"See also:"
1730s in South Africa ,
other events of 1740s,1750s in South Africa and theTimeline of South African history .----
Events
1741
* Henri Guillaume Bossau, founder of the Boshoff family in South Africa and great-grandfather of
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff , 2nd state president of theOrange Free State , arrives in Cape Town fromBayonne ,France aslocksmith in the service of theDutch East India Company 1742
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25 January -Adriaan Valckenier , Governor-General of theDutch East India Company , is arrested inCape Town on sundry charges1743
* The Governor-General of the
Dutch East India Company , Von Imhoff visits the Cape: - Simon's Bay is chosen to be used as a harbour between mid-May and mid-August because of the damage caused by the winter storms inTable Bay : - ADutch Reformed Church is established in Roodezand (Tulbagh )1744
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5 March - Georg Schmidt, the firstProtestant missionary in South Africa, who worked with theKhoikhoi , returns toEurope 1745
* The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at
Swellendam
* The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in Swartland (Malmesbury)1747
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22 February - A day of prayer and fasting is held for the elimination of the locust plague from Table Valley
*26 October -Swellendam is foundedBirths
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1746 -George Keith Elphinstone , Commissioner-general of the Cape
*1747 -Simon Hendrik Frykenius
*1748 -James Henry Craig , Commandant of the Cape
*28 August 1748 -Tjaart van der Walt , farmer and field commandant in the3rd Cape Frontier War is born in the Roggeveld district of Sutherland,Cape Colony
*30 April 1749 -Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist , Commissioner-general of the CapeDeaths
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1743 -Jean de la Fontaine ,Governor of the Cape , diesReferences
See
Timeline of South African history for list of References
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