1690s in South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during the 1690s in South Africa.

Events

1690

Settlers started moving beyond the Cape Colony driving off the Khoikhoi from the land
Slaves in Stellenbosch attempt unsuccessfully to revolt
16 January - Wreck of the Galiot Noord, 24 km west of Cape St. Francis after a survey voyage to Delagoa Bay and Natal
The Trek Boers settle beyond the Cape borders, clashing with the Khoikhoi and San. They raid their livestock, burn settlements, and seize land, whilst the Khoikhoi and San retaliate by attacking Trek Boer farms.^[1]
The Kaapsche Vlek, or Cape hamlet, now has a few hundred houses and around 1,000 Europeans.^[2]

1691

1 June - Simon van der Stel is elevated to the rank of Governor of the Cape Colony
Dutch Reformed Churches are founded in Drakenstein and Paarl

1693

The road to Hout Bay via Constantia Nek in the Cape Colony is completed

1695

2 November - A total of 3,000 oak trees are planted in Wynberg following an order by Simon van der Stel

1696

30 March - Simon van der Stel appointed a new chief of the Khoikhoi, naming him Hasdrubal and giving him a brass headed stick bearing the arms of the Dutch East India Company^{[citation needed]}

1698

27 May - Many are killed following the grounding of the ship Gravenstein at Roodestrand near Camps Bay

1699

11 February- Willem Adriaan van der Stel, son of Simon van del Stel, is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony.^[3]^[4]^[5]
The Dutch East India Company galleon, the Wesel is dispatched to find the Prince Edward Islands but could not find them^[6]
Sheikh Yusuf dies in Zandvliet at the age of 73. His widows and daughters are allowed to return to Batavia, whilst others remain in the Cape.^[7]^[8]^[9]
Pierre Simond rewrites Psalms during his time in the Berg River Valley.^[10]^[11]^[12]
The Cape Colony opposes further French refugee arrivals, and the Lords XVII rules to send only Lutheran colonists.^[13]^[14]
Dirk Coetsee is granted Uiterwyk in Bottelary as an estate.^[15]^[16]
Daentie Rycken returns to the Cape with her son, Cornelis Jansz Uys.^[17]^[18]
The oldest church in South Africa, a Dutch Reformed one, finishes construction.^{[citation needed]}

Births

References

^ "General South African History Timeline: 1600s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
^ "Cape Town Founded | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
^ admin (2014-01-11). "The Dutch in South Africa, 1652-1795 and 1802-1806". Colonial Voyage. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
^ Raven-Hart, R. “Cape of Good Hope 1652-1702. The first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers” 2 vols Vol. I: xvi+222 pp. with 28 b/w illust. Vol. II: xii+303 pp. with 37 b/w illust. A. A. Balkema, 1971, Cape Town, South Africa. 103 accounts by visitors to the Cape between 1652 and 1702, taken from the original Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Danish and German. The Foundations 1652-1662. Too many Cooks 1663-1679. Expansion and Exploration 1680-1698. Greed and Graft 1699-1702.
^ "Article on Willem Adriaan van der Stel at the Museum van de Vaderlandse Geschiedenis".
^ Mills, William James (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. ISBN 9781576074220.
^ "History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
^ Colvin, Ian Duncan (1909). Romance of Empire - South Africa. Caxton Pub Co. p. 170.
^ "Frontpage | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
^ Coertzen, P, 2001 , Les Veilles Afriqualnes — Afrika Nagstudies. Die Herdigting van die Psalms in Frans aan die Kaap van Goeie Hoop in 1699.
^ State Archives Cape Town: C 423, Incoming Documents (1697-1699): 7 May 1698)
^ Coertzen, P. (29 September 2010). "The Huguenots of South Africa in history and religious identity". Stellenbosch University.
^ de Bruin, Karen (2021). "From Viticulture to Commemoration: French Huguenot Memory in the Cape Colony (1688-1824)". Journal of the Western Society for French History. 47. ISSN 2573-5012.
^ Coertzen, “Documents and Commemoration,” 303
^ "DEEL II : DIE EIENAARS VAN PLASE IN DIE DISTRIK STELLENBOSCH 1680 - 1860" (PDF).
^ "Jonkershoek" (PDF).
^ Rootenberg 1997, p. 146
^ Rootenberg 2016, pp.35-44

Bibliography

See Years in South Africa for further sources.

[1] "General South African History Timeline: 1600s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

[2] "Cape Town Founded | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

[3] (2014-01-11). "The Dutch in South Africa, 1652-1795 and 1802-1806". Colonial Voyage. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

[4] Raven-Hart, R. “Cape of Good Hope 1652-1702. The first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers” 2 vols Vol. I: xvi+222 pp. with 28 b/w illust. Vol. II: xii+303 pp. with 37 b/w illust. A. A. Balkema, 1971, Cape Town, South Africa. 103 accounts by visitors to the Cape between 1652 and 1702, taken from the original Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Danish and German. The Foundations 1652-1662. Too many Cooks 1663-1679. Expansion and Exploration 1680-1698. Greed and Graft 1699-1702.

[5] "Article on Willem Adriaan van der Stel at the Museum van de Vaderlandse Geschiedenis".

[6] Mills, William James (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. ISBN 9781576074220.

[7] "History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

[8] Colvin, Ian Duncan (1909). Romance of Empire - South Africa. Caxton Pub Co. p. 170.

[9] "Frontpage | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2025-02-26.

[10] Coertzen, P, 2001 , Les Veilles Afriqualnes — Afrika Nagstudies. Die Herdigting van die Psalms in Frans aan die Kaap van Goeie Hoop in 1699.

[11] State Archives Cape Town: C 423, Incoming Documents (1697-1699): 7 May 1698)

[12] Coertzen, P. (29 September 2010). "The Huguenots of South Africa in history and religious identity". Stellenbosch University.

[13] Bruin, Karen (2021). "From Viticulture to Commemoration: French Huguenot Memory in the Cape Colony (1688-1824)". Journal of the Western Society for French History. 47. ISSN 2573-5012.

[14] Coertzen, “Documents and Commemoration,” 303

[15] "DEEL II : DIE EIENAARS VAN PLASE IN DIE DISTRIK STELLENBOSCH 1680 - 1860" (PDF).

[16] "Jonkershoek" (PDF).

[17] Rootenberg 1997, p. 146

[18] Rootenberg 2016, pp.35-44

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