SA History


South Africa profile – Timeline

South Africa profile – Timeline 9 August 2017 A chronology of key events: 4th century – Migrants from the north settle, joining the indigenous San and Khoikhoi people. 1480s – Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias is…








General South African History Timeline: 1600s

European’s settle in South Africa for the first time and begin to further colonize and trade with the Khoikhoi at the cape, by the middle this century the first Khoikhoi-Dutch war is fought and slavery…