Brouwer Route devised for Cape-to-Java crossingJan 1, 1611Labels: Hendrik Brouwer, Brouwer RouteBrouwer RouteBrouwer bio
VOC makes Brouwer Route compulsory to BataviaJan 1, 1616Labels: VOC routing, Brouwer RouteBrouwer Route
VOC captures Jayakarta and founds BataviaMay 30, 1619Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, BataviaBritannica CoenBatavia
Jan van Riebeeck arrives to establish Cape stationApr 6, 1652Labels: Jan van, Cape stationBritannica RiebeeckSAHO Arrival
VOC grants first Cape “free burgher” farmsMar 17, 1657Labels: Free burghers, Cape farmsBritannica RiebeeckEGSSA Freedom
First Khoikhoi–Dutch War challenges Cape expansionJan 1, 1659Labels: Khoikhoi, Dutch settlersGlobalSecurity SADoman
Stone Castle of Good Hope construction beginsJan 2, 1666Labels: Castle of, VOC fortificationsCastle of GoodCastle site
French Huguenot settlers arrive and expand agricultureApr 13, 1688Labels: French Huguenots, Cape agricultureSAHO HuguenotsHuguenots SA
Smallpox epidemic devastates Cape communitiesMar 16, 1713Labels: Smallpox epidemic, KhoikhoiGlobalSecurity SA1710s SA Wikipedia
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War disrupts VOC shippingDec 20, 1780Labels: Fourth Anglo-Dutch, British navyWA Museum VOC4th Anglo Dutch
British forces seize the Cape from VOC controlSep 15, 1795Labels: British forces, Cape ColonyCape invasionCape Colony
VOC dissolved; Dutch state takes over its assetsDec 31, 1799Labels: VOC dissolution, Batavian RepublicVOC WikipediaWA Museum VOC