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sahistory.org.za: General South African History Timeline 1600s
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1601Joris van Spilbergen anchors in Table Bay1 November 1601James Lancaster's East India Company fleet rounds the Cape20 March 1602Dutch East India Company chartered1615Attempt to leave English convicts at the Cape failsJune 1620English captains proclaim Table Bay for King James I1631Autshumato taken to Batavia and trained as an intermediary1632Autshumato establishes a trading base on Robben Island1655VOC begins systematic exploration beyond the Cape PeninsulaMarch 1655Three enslaved people recorded at the Cape1656First recorded manumission of an enslaved person at the Cape1657Doman sent to Batavia for interpreter training1657VOC officials formulate territorial separation measuresFebruary 1657First free burgher farms established along the Liesbeeck River22 October 1657Abraham Gabbema explores the Berg River region28 March 1658Amersfoort brings enslaved Angolans to the Cape6 May 1658Hasselt brings a second large group of enslaved Africans10 July 1658Autshumato banished to Robben Island1659–1664VOC expeditions search for Namaqua trade and mineral resources2 February 1659First wine pressed at the CapeMay 1659–April 1660First Khoikhoi–Dutch War1660VOC constructs a fortified Liesbeeck frontierApril 1660Negotiated peace ends the First Khoikhoi–Dutch War31 January 1661Pieter Cruythoff reaches Namaqua territory1662Doman dies1662Krotoa baptised into the Dutch Reformed Church7 May 1662Jan van Riebeeck leaves the Cape1663Autshumato dies1664Krotoa marries Pieter van Meerhof2 January 1666Foundation stones laid for the Castle of Good Hope1668Hieronimus Cruse ordered to explore the south-east coast1669Krotoa banished to Robben Islandc. 1670Oral traditions place the founding of the Zulu royal line1672VOC concludes disputed land-transfer agreements with Khoekhoe leadersAugust 1672VOC establishes an agricultural outpost at Hottentots Holland1673VOC records a land transaction with Chaitain Dhouw18 July 1673Second Khoikhoi–Dutch War begins1676VOC launches a renewed campaign against the Cochoqua1677Cornelis Wobma surveys the west coast25 June 1677Cochoqua submission ends the seventeenth-century Khoikhoi–Dutch war12 October 1679Simon van der Stel appointed Commander of the Cape1680Stellenbosch settlement founded1688–1689French Huguenot refugees arrive at the Cape1690Enslaved people in Stellenbosch attempt an uprisingc. 1690sTrekboer pastoral expansion emerges beyond the settled districts14 December 1691Simon van der Stel becomes Governor of the Cape11 February 1699Willem Adriaan van der Stel succeeds his father