community
Trekboers
Parent: Dutch / VOC Cape
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Events
c. 1690sTrekboer pastoral expansion emerges beyond the settled districts3 July 1714VOC establishes the loan-place system1743Swellendam is founded21 November 1757Swellendam Khoekhoe herders report armed cattle seizures1778VOC extends eastern boundary to the Fish and Bushmans rivers1779–1781First Frontier War1780–1781Van Jaarsveld’s commandos claim to clear the Zuurveld1786Graaff-Reinet is foundedAugust 1788–29 April 1790Jan Paerl leads a Khoekhoe resistance movement1789–1793Second Frontier War