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EVENTS

1670

2 June - Pieter Hackius is appointed Governor Of The Cape

1671

Land is purchased from the Khoikhoi and the Cape Colony started

1 December - After the death of Pieter Hackius , Governor Of The Cape , a political council is appointed to run the colony with Coenraad Van Breitenbach as chairman

1672

Sugar cane is introduced

Production of Brandy is started

23 March - Albert Van Breugel is appointed acting Governor Of The Cape

2 October - Ijsbrand Goske is appointed Governor of the Cape

1673

1673 - When negiotiations for trade of livestock fails, the Dutch East India Company sends in Hieronimus Cruse to attack the Cochoqua . This is the beginning of Second Dutch-Khoikhoi War in which the Dutch take approximately 1800 head of livestock

1676

2 January - Johan Bax Van Herentals is appointed Governor Of The Cape

18 February - Two young lions are dispatched from Cape Town to Ceylon as a gift to the king of Kandy

1678

The settlement of Hottentots-Holland is established

29 June Hendrik Crulax is appointed acting Governor Of The Cape

1679

26 April The building of the Castle Of Good Hope is completed

14 October Simon Van Der Stel is appointed Commander of the Cape

6 November - Stellenbosch is founded

BIRTHS

DEATHS

30 November 1671 - Pieter Hackius dies

18 January 1677 - Jan Van Riebeeck dies at Batavia on Java

29 June 1678 - Johan Bax dies