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The following lists events that happened during the
1660s in
South Africa .
Events
1660
The
Dutch East India Company imports the first
horses into the Cape from
Batavia
Jan Danaert leads a horseback expedition from the Cape settlement to the east and reaches what he names the Olifants River
Pieter Everaert leads an unsuccessful horseback expedition from the Cape settlement to the north in an attempt to locate the land of the Namaqua
1661
Pieter Cruythoff is sent out from the Cape settlement to investigate the suitability of the interior for
agriculture
1662
1663
1664
1665
18 August - The first
Dutch Reformed Church congregation is founded at the Cape and J. van Arkel is appointed the first minister
1666
1667
The first
Malays arrive as slaves
1668
Births
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Deaths
References
See
Years in South Africa for list of References