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Dutch Republic

Parent: Dutch / VOC Cape

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20 March 1602Dutch East India Company chartered1781–1783French-supported defence build-up transforms Cape fortifications11 June 1795British fleet arrives in False Bay7 August 1795Battle of Muizenberg16 September 1795Cape capitulates to Britain13 August 1814Cape formally ceded to Britain