1740s in South Africa
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See also: 1730s in South Africa, other events of 1740s, 1750s in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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[edit] Events
[edit] 1742
- 25 January - Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, is arrested in Cape Town on sundry charges
[edit] 1743
- The Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company, Von Imhoff visits the Cape
- - Simon's Bay is chosen to be used as a harbour between mid-May and mid-August because of the damage caused by the winter storms in Table Bay
- - A Dutch Reformed Church is established in Roodezand (Tulbagh)
[edit] 1744
- 5 March - Georg Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary in South Africa, who worked with the Khoikhoi, returns to Europe
[edit] 1745
- The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at Swellendam
- The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in Swartland (Malmesbury)
[edit] 1747
- 22 February - A day of prayer and fasting is held for the elimination of the locust plague from Table Valley
- 26 October - Swellendam is founded
[edit] Births
- 1746 - George Keith Elphinstone, Commissioner-general of the Cape
- 1747 - Simon Hendrik Frykenius
- 1748 - James Henry Craig, Commandant of the Cape
- 28 August 1748 - Tjaart van der Walt, farmer and field commandant in the 3rd Cape Frontier War is born in the Roggeveld district of Sutherland, Cape Colony
- 30 April 1749 - Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, Commissioner-general of the Cape
[edit] Deaths
- 1743 - Jean de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, dies
