1730S In South Africa

Events

1730

• The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar
• The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inland into Langkloof
• 8 March - Jan de la Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape

1734

• Governor Jan de la Fontaine claims Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape

1736

• 14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape

1737

• 21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table Bay with a lost of 208 lives
• 20 September - Daniel van den Henghel is appointed Governor of the Cape

1739

• 1 April Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes the first South African born Governor when he is appointed Governor of the Cape

Births

Deaths

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