1620s in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during the 1620s in South Africa.
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Events
- 1620
- Captain Andrew Shillinge and Captain Humphrey Fitzherbert formally annex the shores of Table Bay in the name of King James I.[1][2]
- French explorer Augustin de Beaulieu records the Robben Island Earthquake, the first recorded one in the country.[3]
- 1622
- The Portuguese ship, Sao João Baptista, was lost off the eastern coast of South Africa
