1760s in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1760s in South Africa.
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Events
1760
- Trekboers Jansz Coetse, Klaas Barends and others cross the Gariep River (now called the Orange River)
1763
- 11 September – The "La Fortune", a French man-of-war, is wrecked near Mossel Bay in the Cape Colony while on its way from Réunion
1766
- 112 slaves from Madagascar arrive in Cape Town after a slave uprising on board the slaver ship Meermin.
Births
- 1 February 1761 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, mycologist, is born in the Cape Colony
Deaths
- 1760 – Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies
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References
See Years in South Africa for list of References
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