Maria Elisabeth van Eeden, –
- Name
- Maria Elisabeth /van Eeden/
- Given names
- Maria Elisabeth
- Surname
- van Eeden
- Name
- Maria Elisabeth /van Zyl/
- Type
- married name
| Marriage | Gideon van Zyl — View this family Yes Citation details: Rossouw, p127, b9c1d5. |
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| Epidemic | Smallpox March 16, 1713Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony. |
| Historical Event | Census 1754Source:
Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Co… A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony. |
| Epidemic | Smallpox May 1, 1755Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
| Marriage of a child | Frederik van Zyl — Susanna Elizabeth Rossouw — View this family October 18, 1778 Citation details: Death notice: Pieter Gabriel VAN ZYL, Sr (1857), MOOC 6/9/78 #4472/1857, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CS47-2?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZX%3A1598082377 : 12 June 2018), 007844939 > image 437 of 2166; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 29 Dec 2018
Citation details: du Toit, p280, a1b6c7d9. Citation details: Rossouw, p127, b9c1d5. |
| Baptism of a grandson | Pieter Gabriel van Zyl January 30, 1780 Citation details: du Toit, p280, a1b6c7d9. |
| War | Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780Source:
Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
| Historical Event | Colonisation 1780Source:
Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
| War | French troops depart the Cape 1784Source:
Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
| Historical Event | Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795Source:
Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of t… The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
| Historical Event | The Cape becomes a British Colony March 5, 1797Source:
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| Marriage of a grandson | Pieter Gabriel van Zyl — Anna Helena du Toit — View this family May 5, 1799 Citation details: Death notice: Pieter Gabriel VAN ZYL (1841), MOOC 6/9/23 #4950/1841, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQV6-H?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZV%3A1598082367 : 12 September 2017), 007844936 > image 941 of 2223; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 29 Dec 2018
Citation details: p318, b5c2d3e1. Citation details: du Toit, p280, a1b6c7d9. |
| War | French Revolution from 1789 to 1799Source:
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| War | Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815Source:
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| Natural disaster | Drought 1809Source:
Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
| Town founded | The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812Source:
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| Town founded | Cradock is founded August 27, 1818Source:
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| Historical Event | British settlers 1820Source:
Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapma… 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier. |
| Economic Event | British sterling adopted 1825Source:
Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |