1720s in South Africa

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 lying 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 - Jan de la Fontaine provisionally becomes Governor of the Cape Colony

1727

• 25 February - Pieter Gijsbert van Noodt becomes Governor of the Cape

1728

• 28 April - Jan 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

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

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References