1790S In South Africa

Events

1791

• 29 June - Johannes Isaac Rhenius is appointed Governor of the Cape
• 2 September - Abraham Josias Sluysken is appointed the Governor of the Cape. He is the last governor under Dutch East India Company rule

1792

• A Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Graaff Reinet
• A Morovian Mission is founded at Genadendal

1793

• Xhosas clash with the white settlers at the Fish River starting the 2nd Cape Frontier War
• War is declared by the victorious French revolutionaries against the Dutch Prince of Orange
• Britain goes to war against France

1795

• The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins
• 29 January - Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet
• 18 June Swellendam follows Graaf Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn
• The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napolon Bonaparte
• A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England
• 16 September - British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange
• The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam regect the British and the British army is sent in
• The start of free trade was announced

1797

• 23 May - The first British governor of the Cape, Duke Earl Macartney, arrives.

1798

• The first Post Office is established in the Cape Colony
• The Dutch East India Company is liquidated
• The first mosque in southern Africa is established in Dorp Street by Tuan Guru
• A Dutch Reformed Church is founded at Swellendam
• 22 November Dundas is appointed Governor of the Cape

1799

• Farmers of Graaff Reinet revolt against the British
• The 3nd Cape Frontier War starts between white settlers and the Xhosas and only ends in 1801
• The British build Fort Frederick in Algoa Bay
• The eastern cape Khoikhoi revolt
• The London Missionary Society set up their first station at Zak River
• 18 December - Sir G Young is appointed Governor of the Cape

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