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Simon Van Der Stel Timeline
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12 October 1679Simon van der Stel appointed Commander of the Cape1680Stellenbosch settlement foundedLate seventeenth centuryWheat and wine farming expand in the south-western Cape16 July 1685Constantia granted to Simon van der StelAugust 1685–January 1686Simon van der Stel leads an expedition to Namaqualand1687Upper Berg River Valley opened to free-burgher settlement1688–1689French Huguenot refugees arrive at the Cape14 December 1691Simon van der Stel becomes Governor of the Cape20 July–August 1693VOC backs rival captain Koopman in an attack on Dorha11 February 1699Willem Adriaan van der Stel succeeds his father