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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

1691

1 June - Simon Van Del Stel is elevated to the rank of Governor Of The Cape Colony

Dutch Reformed Church es 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

1698

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

1699

11 February - William Adriaan Van Der Stel , son of Simon van del Stel, is appointed Governor Of The Cape Colony

BIRTHS

1699 - Ryk Tulbagh , Governor Of The Cape , is born

DEATHS