The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa.
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Events edit
1730 edit
- The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar
- The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inland into Langkloof
- 8 March - Jan de la Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape Colony
- 8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue
1732 edit
- The Trek Boers, the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River
1733 edit
- Matthias Lotter, master Gold and Silver Smith arrives at the Cape.
1734 edit
- Jan de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, claims Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape
1736 edit
- 14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape
- Phalo becomes King of the Xhosa Nation
1737 edit
- 21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table Bay with a loss of 208 lives
- 9 July - George Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in southern Africa, arrives at the Cape
- 20 September - Daniël van den Henghel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
- 18 December - The first Moravian mission station in South Africa is established in Genadendal near present-day Caledon by George Schmidt, "The Apostle of the Hottentots"
1739 edit
- 1 March - Etienne Barbier's insurrection at Paarl
- 1 April Hendrik Swellengrebel becomes the first South African-born governor when he is appointed Governor of the Cape
Deaths edit
- 1733 - Willem Adriaan van der Stel, Governor of the Cape, dies
- 1737 - Adriaan van Kervel, Governor of the Cape, dies
References edit
See Years in South Africa for list of References