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EVENTS

1722

Groot Constantia was built

17 January - ''Sampson'' and ''Amstelveer'', richly laden, are wrecked on the southern coast, beginning a disastrous year for Dutch ships in South Africa

17 June - A gale lasting several days drives away ten ships laying at anchor in Table Bay harbour. All the ships sank, and 660 people lost their lives

1724

14 February - An expedition leaves Cape Town to establish ports along the east coast. The members reach Delagoa Bay and build a fort, but are later raided by English pirates

8 September - Jean De La Fontaine provisionaly becomes Governor Of The Cape

1727

25 February - Pieter Gijsbert Van Noodt becomes Governor Of The Cape

1728

28 April - Jean De La Fontaine is again appointed provisional Governor Of The Cape

3 July - The ship ''Middenmark'' is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and 75 people are drowned

BIRTHS

DEATHS

1721 - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing , acting Governor Of The Cape , dies

1724 - Olof Bergh , Swedish explorer to Namaqualand , dies in Cape Town , aged 81

23 April 1728 - Pieter Gysbert Van Noodt , Governor of the Cape, dies of a sudden heart attack at the age of 48 during the hanging of four soldiers who had deserted

1727 - Maurits Pasques De Chavonnes , Governor of the Cape, dies