General South African History Timeline: 1600s
… arrival, the first horses are imported from Java. 1653 2 March, The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, … gates when entering the enclosed and fortified area. 1659 2 February, The first wine is pressed at the Cape. Van … and chief of the Goringhaikonas (Strandlopers), dies. 1666 2 January, Work begins on the building of a stone …