1710s in South Africa explained

The following lists events that happened during the 1710s in South Africa.

Events

1711

• 28 December - Willem Helot is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony

1713

• 16 March - A smallpox epidemic broke out at the Cape Colony

1714

• 28 March - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes is appointed Governor of the Cape

1717

• The system of freehold title to land in the Cape ends

Deaths

• 27 December 1711 - Louis van Assenburgh, Governor of the Cape, dies
• 24 June 1712 - Simon van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, died at his estate in Constantia, Cape Colony

References

See Years in South Africa for list of references.