Theme
Colonial expansion
Events involving colonial authority, frontier administration, annexation, settlement, and imperial policy.
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Events
1676VOC launches a renewed campaign against the Cochoqua12 October 1679Simon van der Stel appointed Commander of the Cape20 July–August 1693VOC backs rival captain Koopman in an attack on Dorha3 July 1714VOC establishes the loan-place system1730Riet Valleij cattle post is first recorded1743Swellendam 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 founded1789–1793Second Frontier War1799–1803Third Frontier War1811–1812Fourth Frontier War1818–1819Fifth Frontier War and the attack on Grahamstown18201820 British settlers arrive in the eastern Cape1834–1835Sixth Frontier War1846–1847Seventh Frontier War (War of the Axe)1856–1857Xhosa Cattle-Killing1877–1878Ninth Frontier War