May 1659–April 1660
First Khoikhoi–Dutch War
Doman and allied Khoekhoe fighters attacked settler livestock and farms in an effort to resist occupation of the Liesbeeck lands.
established
warfare
Doman and allied Khoekhoe fighters attacked settler livestock and farms in an effort to resist occupation of the Liesbeeck lands.
Significance
The conflict was the first sustained armed resistance to VOC territorial expansion and ended with further Khoekhoe loss of access to land.
Why it matters
The conflict was the first sustained armed resistance to VOC territorial expansion and ended with further Khoekhoe loss of access to land.
Disputed interpretations
Accounts differ on whether to classify the dispersed fighting as a single formal war; the territorial conflict itself is well established.