Dutch Cape-to-Batavia shipping lanes and Asian circuits (1652-1795)

1. VOC founded to organize Asian trade

   Mar 20, 1602Labels: Dutch East, States General

   • VOC Wikipedia

2. Brouwer Route devised for Cape-to-Java crossing

   Jan 1, 1611Labels: Hendrik Brouwer, Brouwer Route

   • Brouwer Route
   • Brouwer bio

3. VOC makes Brouwer Route compulsory to Batavia

   Jan 1, 1616Labels: VOC routing, Brouwer Route

   • Brouwer Route

4. VOC captures Jayakarta and founds Batavia

   May 30, 1619Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, Batavia

   • Britannica Coen
   • Batavia

5. Jan van Riebeeck arrives to establish Cape station

   Apr 6, 1652Labels: Jan van, Cape station

   • Britannica Riebeeck
   • SAHO Arrival

6. VOC grants first Cape “free burgher” farms

   Mar 17, 1657Labels: Free burghers, Cape farms

   • Britannica Riebeeck
   • EGSSA Freedom

7. First Khoikhoi–Dutch War challenges Cape expansion

   Jan 1, 1659Labels: Khoikhoi, Dutch settlers

   • GlobalSecurity SA
   • Doman

8. Stone Castle of Good Hope construction begins

   Jan 2, 1666Labels: Castle of, VOC fortifications

   • Castle of Good
   • Castle site

9. French Huguenot settlers arrive and expand agriculture

   Apr 13, 1688Labels: French Huguenots, Cape agriculture

   • SAHO Huguenots
   • Huguenots SA

10. Smallpox epidemic devastates Cape communities

    Mar 16, 1713Labels: Smallpox epidemic, Khoikhoi

    • GlobalSecurity SA
    • 1710s SA Wikipedia

11. Fourth Anglo-Dutch War disrupts VOC shipping

    Dec 20, 1780Labels: Fourth Anglo-Dutch, British navy

    • WA Museum VOC
    • 4th Anglo Dutch

12. British forces seize the Cape from VOC control

    Sep 15, 1795Labels: British forces, Cape Colony

    • Cape invasion
    • Cape Colony

13. VOC dissolved; Dutch state takes over its assets

    Dec 31, 1799Labels: VOC dissolution, Batavian Republic

    • VOC Wikipedia
    • WA Museum VOC