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EVENTS

1652

6 April - Jan Van Riebeeck lands at the Cape and sets up a supply station and fortifications for the Dutch East India Company

1654

The first Cape-based Slave expedition is sent to Madagascar and Mozambique

Batavia n convicts and political opponents are banished to the Cape bringing with them their Islamic religion

1655

Jan Wintervogel, a Dutch ensign, is sent by Jan Van Riebeeck to scout the interior and goes as far as Saldanha Bay

Willem Muller, a Dutch corporal, is sent by Van Riebeeck with the Khoikhoi interpreter, Autsumao, to explore the Hottentots Holland region

Maize and Grape Vines are planted in the Cape

1656

Catharina Anthonis, becomes the first Slave to be freed to marry Jan Woutersz, a Dutch settler

1657

The first group of Slave s is brought to the Cape from Angola and West Africa

Abraham Gabbema is sent to scout the interior and explores as far as the Berg River and Paarl regions.

Doman, the leader of the Goringhaiqua Khoikhoi , is sent to Batavia to be trained as an interpreter

21 February - Nine Dutch East India Company servants are freed to become free burghers ''(free citizens)'' and settle along the Liesbeeck River (now Rondebosch area)

1658

A Portuguese slaver is captured and 174 slaves are taken

May - 228 slaves from Dahomey are brought to the Cape aboard the "Hasselt" in a secret expedition. About 80 are shipped to Batavia

1659

2 February - The first wine is pressed from Cape grapes

1 May - Jan Van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia

19 May - The Khoikhoi protest against white encroachment leading to the first anti-colonial Khoikhoi-Dutch War

BIRTHS

6 June 1652 - Bernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first European baby, is born at the Cape

DEATHS