1730s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa.

	1730s in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

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 Colony
8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue

1732

The Trek Boers, the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River

1734

Jan 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
Phalo becomes King of the Xhosa Nation

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 Brethren) in southern Africa, arrives at the Cape
20 September - Daniël 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

Deaths

1733 - Willem Adriaan van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, dies
1737 - Adriaan van Kervel, Governor of the Cape, dies

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References

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