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EVENTS

1791

29 June - Johannes Isaac Rhenius is appointed acting Governor Of The Cape

1792

A Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Graaff Reinet

A Morovian Mission is founded at Genadendal

3 July - Sebastian Cornelis Nederburgh is appointed Commissioner-general of the Cape

1793

Xhosa s clash with the white settlers at the Fish River starting the 2nd Cape Frontier War

War is declared by the victorious French revolutionaries against the Dutch Prince of Orange

Britain goes to war against France

2 September - Abraham Josias Sluysken is appointed the Governor of the Cape. He is the last governor under Dutch East India Company rule

1795

The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins

29 January - Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet

18 June Swellendam follows Graaf Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn

The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte

A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England

16 September - British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V Of Orange

The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam regect the British and the British army is sent in

The start of free trade was announced

1797

5 March - The Cape becomes a British colony

4 May - Sir John Barrow , Author and Explorer , arrives at the Cape Colony

23 May - The first British Governor Of The Cape Colony , Lord Macartney , arrives.

1798

The first Post Office is established in the Cape Colony

The Dutch East India Company is Liquidate d

The first Mosque in southern Africa is established in Dorp Street by Tuan Guru

A Dutch Reformed Church is founded at Swellendam

22 November Dundas is appointed Governor of the Cape

1799

Farmers of Graaff Reinet revolt against the British

The 3nd Cape Frontier War starts between white settlers and the Xhosas and only ends in 1801

The British build Fort Frederick in Algoa Bay

The eastern cape Khoikhoi revolt

The London Missionary Society set up their first station at Zak River

18 December - Sir G Young is appointed Governor of the Cape

BIRTHS

1 May 1791 - The Rev. John Brownlee , founder of King William's Town , is born in Scotland

DEATHS

1793 - Joachim Ammema , Baron van Plettenberg, Governor Of The Cape , dies