1610s in South Africa
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  • 1614 - Zacharias Wagenaer
    Zacharias Wagenaer
    Zacharias Wagner was a clerk, an illustrator, a merchant, member of the Court of Justice, opperhoofd of Deshima and the only German governor of the Cape colony...

    , Commander of the Cape, is born
  • 21 April 1619 - Jan van Riebeeck
    Jan van Riebeeck
    Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...

    , Commander of the Cape, born Culemborg
    Culemborg
    Culemborg is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands. The city is situated just south of the Lek River...

     in the Netherlands
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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