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EVENTS

1730

The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar

The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inland into Langkloof

8 March - Jan De La Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape

8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue

1732

The Voortrekkers , the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River

1734

Jean De La Fontaine , Governor Of The Cape , claims Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape

1736

14 November Adriaan Van Kervel is appointed Governor Of The Cape

1737

21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table Bay with a loss of 208 lives

9 July - George Schmidt , the first Protestant Missionary ( Moravian Brethern ) in southern Africa , arrives at the Cape

20 September - Daniel Van Den Henghel is appointed acting Governor Of The Cape

18 December - The first Moravian Mission Station in South Africa is established in Genadendal near present-day Caledon by George Schmidt , "The Apostle of the Hottentots"

1739

1 March - Etienne Barbier 's insurrection at Paarl

1 April Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes the first South African born Governor when he is appointed Governor Of The Cape

BIRTHS

DEATHS

1733 - Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel , Governor Of The Cape , dies

1737 - Adriaan Van Kervel , Governor of the Cape, dies