Theme
Agriculture
Events involving agriculture.
Initial theme stub generated from temp/sa-history-16th-century-events.csv.
Events
c. 1500Bokoni stone-walled landscapes show early settlement developmentc. 1600Madikwe village evidence points to farming, ochre mining and trade1652Company's Garden establishedFebruary 1657First free burgher farms established along the Liesbeeck River2 February 1659First wine pressed at the CapeAugust 1672VOC establishes an agricultural outpost at Hottentots Holland1680Stellenbosch settlement foundedLate seventeenth centuryWheat and wine farming expand in the south-western Cape16 July 1685Constantia granted to Simon van der Stel1687Upper Berg River Valley opened to free-burgher settlement1688–1689French Huguenot refugees arrive at the Cape1738Mission station at Baviaanskloof is established1743Swellendam is founded1792Moravians return to the former Baviaanskloof mission