Theme
Trade
Events involving trade.
Initial theme stub generated from temp/sa-history-16th-century-events.csv.
Events
1497–1499Vasco da Gama's fleet rounds southern Africa en route to India1505Portuguese fortress and trading post established at Sofala1507Portuguese trading and naval post established on Mozambique Island1 March 1510Khoekhoe forces defeat a Portuguese punitive expedition at Salt Riverc. 1530sPortuguese trade expands along the Sena–Tete–Zambezi corridor1533Bom Jesus wrecked on the Namibian coast1554São Bento survivors travel through coastal chiefdoms1590sEnglish and Dutch ships begin calling regularly at Table Bay1590sKhoekhoe communities trade livestock and goods with foreign marinersLate sixteenth centuryThe Cape becomes a recurrent provisioning node on the route to Asia1 August 1591James Lancaster barters livestock with Khoekhoe at Table Bay6 August 1595Claimed agreement between Dutch sailors and local Khoekhoe near Mossel Bayc. 1600Madikwe village evidence points to farming, ochre mining and trade1 November 1601James Lancaster's East India Company fleet rounds the Cape20 March 1602Dutch East India Company chartered1629Portuguese influence over Mutapa expands after civil conflict1631Autshumato taken to Batavia and trained as an intermediary1632Autshumato establishes a trading base on Robben Island1647–1648Nieuwe Haerlem survivors maintain a temporary Cape campFrom 1652VOC begins sustained livestock barter with Khoekhoe communities1655VOC begins systematic exploration beyond the Cape Peninsula1659–1664VOC expeditions search for Namaqua trade and mineral resources31 January 1661Pieter Cruythoff reaches Namaqua territory21 November 1662Sousoa encourages direct VOC trade with the Hessequa1663Autshumato dies4 January 1669Hieronimus Cruse departs on a Hessequa trade expedition1673VOC records a land transaction with Chaitain Dhouw10 December 1676–6 January 1677Cruse leads a livestock expedition toward Captain Claes and the Hessequa1682Olof Bergh undertakes a west-coast expedition1683Olof Bergh conducts a second northern expedition1684VOC imposes tighter price controls on indigenous trade4 January–10 April 1689Isaq Schrijver leads an expedition into the eastern interior1693Rozvi forces expel Portuguese influence from parts of the Zimbabwe plateau20 July–August 1693VOC backs rival captain Koopman in an attack on Dorha1705–1707Burgher opposition to Willem Adriaan van der Stel intensifies1707Willem Adriaan van der Stel is recalled22 February 1707News arrives that the Lords Seventeen have ruled against Van der Stel1730Riet Valleij cattle post is first recordedLate 1770s–early 1780sCape burgher political turmoil and “Cape Patriot” mobilisation27 December 1794São José slave ship wrecks at Camps Bayc. 1800Tsonga Delagoa Bay trade intensifies