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The following is a timeline of the history of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Events in Cape Town (3 C, ... (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of Cape Town" ... History of Cape Town; Timeline of Cape Town; A. Autshumato; B. Breakwater Lodge; C.
Event Venue Annual (since 1960) Berg River Canoe Marathon: Berg River, Paarl Annual (since 1970) Two Oceans Marathon: Start: Newlands, Finish: University of Cape Town: Annual (since 1978) Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour: Start: City Centre, Finish: Green Point Stadium Annual (since 2004) Absa Cape Epic: Various routes around Cape Town and the ...
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was 'ǁHui ǃGais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoe language meaning "where clouds gather."
Pages in category "Events in Cape Town" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, DJ Potgieter, Cape Town: NASOU, 1970; Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa, CFJ Muller, 3rd rev., Pretoria Academica, 1981; Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa 5th Edition ISBN 0-947008-17-9, 1985; Who did what in South Africa, Mona De Beer, Craighall, South Africa, AD Donker ...
The Dutch ship Nieuwe Haerlem runs aground at the Cape of Good Hope. Under the leadership of Leendert Janszen, the stranded Dutch seamen stay at the Cape for a year. After their return to the Netherlands, Leendert Janszen and Matthijs Proot are commissioned by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to write a report on their findings on the feasibility of the Cape as a refreshment station.
The South African International Exhibition was a world's fair held in Cape Town, Cape Colony in 1877. [1] It was officially opened on 15 February of that year [2] [3] by Henry Bartle Frere. [citation needed]