10:2910:29, 14 May 2020diffhist+353
Dutch Watch
1696 The Burgher watch began patrolling the streets and in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein they were called Veldwagters
11:1511:15, 21 April 2020diffhist+150
List of epidemics and pandemics
South Africa. Towards the beginning of winter of 1687 the colony was visited by a destructive disease, a kind of fever which carried off many of the inhabitants. Possibly Influenza.
13:3013:30, 17 April 2020diffhist+37
m
Durban
→Abambo People: the source does not mention a name only that it was signed by the Chief of the Abambo. The Noord arrived on the 9th of December at the Bay of Natal
08:1908:19, 17 April 2020diffhist+1,020
Durban
→History: The crew of the wrecked Stavenisse was taken in by the Abambo people, the natives called the area 'Embo'. The tribe later sold the Bay area to the Dutch East India Company in 1689
15:0915:09, 16 April 2020diffhist+156
Xhosa people
→History: The first encounter of white settlers with the Xhosa was when the 'Stavenisse' wrecked on the eastern cape coast. Some of the survivors were taken in as guests by the Xhosa ruler named Togu
08:4008:40, 25 October 2019diffhist+409
Robben Island
→History: 1654 settlers built a shed and placed their sheep on the island for protection against wild animals they also used the island to collect seal skins and boil oil
10:2910:29, 14 May 2020diffhist+353
Dutch Watch
1696 The Burgher watch began patrolling the streets and in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein they were called Veldwagters
11:1511:15, 21 April 2020diffhist+150
List of epidemics and pandemics
South Africa. Towards the beginning of winter of 1687 the colony was visited by a destructive disease, a kind of fever which carried off many of the inhabitants. Possibly Influenza.
13:3013:30, 17 April 2020diffhist+37
m
Durban
→Abambo People: the source does not mention a name only that it was signed by the Chief of the Abambo. The Noord arrived on the 9th of December at the Bay of Natal
08:1908:19, 17 April 2020diffhist+1,020
Durban
→History: The crew of the wrecked Stavenisse was taken in by the Abambo people, the natives called the area 'Embo'. The tribe later sold the Bay area to the Dutch East India Company in 1689
15:0915:09, 16 April 2020diffhist+156
Xhosa people
→History: The first encounter of white settlers with the Xhosa was when the 'Stavenisse' wrecked on the eastern cape coast. Some of the survivors were taken in as guests by the Xhosa ruler named Togu
08:4008:40, 25 October 2019diffhist+409
Robben Island
→History: 1654 settlers built a shed and placed their sheep on the island for protection against wild animals they also used the island to collect seal skins and boil oil