person
Simon Van Der Stel
Parent: Dutch East India Company
Initial entity stub generated from temp/sa-history-17th-century-events.csv.
Events
12 October 1679Simon van der Stel appointed Commander of the Cape1680Stellenbosch settlement founded16 July 1685Constantia granted to Simon van der StelAugust 1685–January 1686Simon van der Stel leads an expedition to Namaqualand1687Upper Berg River Valley opened to free-burgher settlement14 December 1691Simon van der Stel becomes Governor of the Cape20 July–August 1693VOC backs rival captain Koopman in an attack on Dorha11 February 1699Willem Adriaan van der Stel succeeds his father