- 1790s in South Africa
- 1790s
- 1807 in South Africa
- 1802 in South Africa
- 1804 in South Africa
- 1801 in South Africa
- 1800 in South Africa
- 1814 in South Africa
- 1813 in South Africa
- 1806 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during the 1790s in South Africa.
Events
= 1790
=More Xhosa clans started crossing the Great Fish Riverin search of better grazing
= 1791
=29 June – Johan Isaac Rhenius is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony
= 1792
=A Dutch Reformed Church is founded in Graaff Reinet
A Moravian Mission is founded at Genadendal
23 June – Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frijkenius, both Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company arrive in the Cape to settle disputes between the free citizens and the company.
3 July – Sebastiaan Nederburgh is appointed Commissioner-general of the Cape
= 1793
=Xhosas clash with the white settlers at the Fish River starting full out war, 2nd Cape Frontier War
War is declared by the victorious French revolutionaries against the Dutch Prince of Orange
Britain goes to war against France
2 September – Abraham Josias Sluysken is appointed the Governor of the Cape. He is the last governor under Dutch East India Company rule
8 October – After a series of victories, the Dutch commandoes led by Landdrost Honoratus CD Maynier, could not force the Xhosa over the Fish River and peace was accepted and thereby ending the 2nd Cape Frontier War.
= 1795
=The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins
29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff-Reinet
18 June Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn
The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte
A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaries and the Prince of Orange flees to England
16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange
The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in
The start of free trade was announced
= 1797
=5 March – The Cape becomes a British colony
4 May – Sir John Barrow, author and explorer, arrives at the Cape Colony
23 May – The first British Governor of the Cape Colony, Lord Macartney, arrives.
= 1798
=The first Post Office is established in the Cape Colony
The Dutch East India Company is liquidated
The first mosque in southern Africa is established in Dorp Street by Tuan Guru
A Dutch Reformed Church is founded at Swellendam
22 November Dundas is appointed Governor of the Cape
= 1799
=Farmers of Graaff Reinet revolt against the British
The 3rd Cape Frontier War starts between white settlers and the Xhosas and only ends in 1801
The British build Fort Frederick in Algoa Bay
The eastern cape Khoikhoi revolt
The London Missionary Society set up their first station at Zak River
First recorded landing on the Prince Edward Islands by French sealers
5 November – HMS Sceptre, wrecking, Table Bay
18 December – Sir George Young is appointed Governor of the Cape
Births
19 December 1792 – Hendrik Potgieter, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
1 March 1797 – Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz, Voortrekker leader, is born in the Graaff-Reinet District
21 June 1797 – Christoffel Brand, politician, (d. 1875)
27 November 1798 – Andries Pretorius, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
Deaths
1793 – Baron Joachim van Plettenberg, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies
References
See Years in South Africa for list of other References
