1660s in South Africa
# 1660s in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during the 1660s in South Africa.

## Events

### 1660

* The Dutch East India Company imports the first horses into the Cape from Batavia
* Jan Danaert leads a horseback expedition from the Cape settlement to the east and reaches what he names the Olifants River
* Pieter Everaert leads an unsuccessful horseback expedition from the Cape settlement to the north in an attempt to locate the land of the Namaqua

### 1661

* Pieter Cruythoff is sent out from the Cape settlement to investigate the suitability of the interior for agriculture

### 1662

* 7 May - Jan van Riebeeck leaves the Cape on promotion to a position on the Council of Justice in Batavia
* 9 May - Zacharias Wagenaer succeeds Van Riebeeck as Commander of the Cape

### 1663

* 4 March - the Prince Edward Islands were discovered by Barent Barentszoon Lam of the Dutch East India Company ship Maerseveen, and named them Maerseveen (Marion) and Dina (Prince Edward).
* Settler outposts are established in the Hottentots Holland and Saldanha Bay areas

### 1664

* 26 August - Isbrand Goske arrives at the Cape as Commissioner, and was instructed to select a site for the Castle of Good Hope

### 1665

* 18 August - The first Dutch Reformed Church congregation is founded at the Cape and J. van Arkel is appointed the first minister

### 1666

* Settlements in Saldanha Bay and Vishoek are established
* The first Calvinist church built in the Cape
* 2 January - Work commenced on a fortress, known as the Castle of Good Hope, which replaced the previous wooden fort built by Jan van Riebeeck and his men
* 24 October - Cornelis van Quaelberg is appointed Commander of the Cape

### 1667

* The first Malays arrive as slaves

### 1668

* Hieronimus Cruse explores the southeast coast as far as Mossel Bay
* 16 June - Jacob Borghorst is appointed Commander of the Cape

## Deaths

* 1662 - Doman and Autsumao, leaders of the Khoikhoi and interpreters dies
* 1668 - Zacharias Wagenaer, Commander of the Cape, dies
