The following lists events that happened during the 1690s in South Africa.
Events
1690 Settlers started moving beyond the Cape Colony driving off the Khoikhoi from the land Slaves in Stellenbosch attempt unsuccessfully to revolt 16 January - Wreck of the Galiot Noord, 24 km west of Cape St. Francis after a survey voyage to Delagoa Bay and Natal The Trek Boers settle beyond the Cape borders, clashing with the Khoikhoi and San. They raid their livestock, burn settlements, and seize land, whilst the Khoikhoi and San retaliate by attacking Trek Boer farms. The Kaapsche Vlek, or Cape hamlet, now has a few hundred houses and around 1,000 Europeans.
1691 1 June - Simon van der Stel is elevated to the rank of Governor of the Cape Colony Dutch Reformed Churches are founded in Drakenstein and Paarl
1693 The road to Hout Bay via Constantia Nek in the Cape Colony is completed
1695 2 November - A total of 3,000 oak trees are planted in Wynberg following an order by Simon van der Stel
1696 30 March - Simon van der Stel appointed a new chief of the Khoikhoi, naming him Hasdrubal and giving him a brass headed stick bearing the arms of the Dutch East India Company
1698 27 May - Many are killed following the grounding of the ship Gravenstein at Roodestrand near Camps Bay
1699 11 February- Willem Adriaan van der Stel, son of Simon van del Stel, is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony.Raven-Hart, R. “Cape of Good Hope 1652-1702. The first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers” 2 vols Vol. I: xvi+222 pp. with 28 b/w illust. Vol. II: xii+303 pp. with 37 b/w illust. A. A. Balkema, 1971, Cape Town, South Africa. 103 accounts by visitors to the Cape between 1652 and 1702, taken from the original Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Danish and German. The Foundations 1652-1662. Too many Cooks 1663-1679. Expansion and Exploration 1680-1698. Greed and Graft 1699-1702. The Dutch East India Company galleon, the Wesel is dispatched to find the Prince Edward Islands but could not find them Sheikh Yusuf dies in Zandvliet at the age of 73. His widows and daughters are allowed to return to Batavia, whilst others remain in the Cape. Pierre Simond rewrites Psalms during his time in the Berg River Valley.Coertzen, P, 2001, Les Veilles Afriqualnes — Afrika Nagstudies. Die Herdigting van die Psalms in Frans aan die Kaap van Goeie Hoop in 1699.State Archives Cape Town: C 423, Incoming Documents (1697-1699): 7 May 1698) The Cape Colony opposes further French refugee arrivals, and the Lords XVII rules to send only Lutheran colonists.Coertzen, “Documents and Commemoration,” 303 Dirk Coetsee is granted Uiterwyk in Bottelary as an estate. Daentie Rycken returns to the Cape with her son, Cornelis Jansz Uys.Rootenberg 1997, p. 146Rootenberg 2016, pp.35-44 The oldest church in South Africa, a Dutch Reformed one, finishes construction. References
Bibliography See Years in South Africa for further sources.