1670s in South Africa explained
The following lists events that happened during the 1670s in South Africa.
Events
1670
1671
- Land is purchased from the Khoikhoi and the Cape Colony started
- 1 December- After the death of Pieter Hackius, Governor of the Cape, a political council is appointed to run the colony with Coenraad van Breitenbach as chairman
1672
1673
- 1673 - When negotiations for trade of livestock fails, the Dutch East India Company sends in Hieronimus Cruse to attack the Cochoqua. This is the beginning of Second Dutch-Khoikhoi War in which the Dutch take approximately 1800 head of livestock
1676
1678
- The settlement of Hottentots-Holland is established
- 29 June Hendrik Crudop is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
1679
Deaths
References
See Years in South Africa for list of References