1670s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1670s in South Africa.

1670

 * 2 June - Pieter Hackius is appointed Governor of the Cape Colony

1671

 * Land is purchased from the Khoikhoi and the Cape Colony started
 * 1 December- After the death of Pieter Hackius, Governor of the Cape, a political council is appointed to run the colony with Coenraad van Breitenbach as chairman

1672

 * Sugar cane is introduced
 * Production of Brandy is started
 * 23 March - Albert van Breugel is appointed acting Governor of the Cape
 * 2 October - IJsbrand Godske is appointed Governor of the Cape

1673

 * 1673 - When negotiations for trade of livestock fails, the Dutch East India Company sends in Hieronimus Cruse to attack the Cochoqua. This is the beginning of Second Dutch-Khoikhoi War in which the Dutch take approximately 1800 head of livestock

1676

 * 2 January - Johan Bax van Herenthals is appointed Governor of the Cape
 * 18 February - Two young lions are dispatched from Cape Town to Ceylon as a gift to the king of Kandy

1678

 * The settlement of Hottentots-Holland is established
 * 29 June Hendrik Crudop is appointed acting Governor of the Cape

1679

 * 26 April The building of the Castle of Good Hope is completed
 * 14 October Simon van der Stel is appointed Commander of the Cape
 * 6 November - Stellenbosch is founded

Deaths

 * 30 November 1671 - Pieter Hackius dies
 * 18 January 1677 - Jan van Riebeeck dies at Batavia on Java
 * 29 June 1678 - Johan Bax van Herenthals dies