Cape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Company establishes a refreshment station at Table Bay. 6 April, Jan van Riebeeck, on board of the Drommedaris, … arrival, the first horses are imported from Java. 1653 2 March, The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, … allowed to settle near the Fort with his followers. 1659 2 February, The first wine is pressed at the Cape. Van …