17 January - Sampson and Amstelveer, richly laden, are wrecked on the southern coast, beginning a disastrous year for Dutch ships in South Africa
17 June - A gale lasting several days drives away ten ships lying at anchor in
Table Bay harbour. All the ships sank, and 660 people lost their lives
1724
14 February - An expedition leaves
Cape Town to establish ports along the east coast. The members reach
Delagoa Bay and build a fort, but are later raided by English pirates
23 April 1729 -
Pieter Gysbert Noodt, Governor of the Cape, dies of a sudden heart attack at the age of 48 during the hanging of four soldiers who had deserted