Willem Botha, 1687–
- Name
- Willem /Botha/
- Given names
- Willem
- Surname
- Botha
Baptism | November 2, 1687
34 (aged 0 days) Citation details: Botha, p372, b2. |
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Historical Event | French Huguenots April 1688 (aged 4 months)Source:
Note: French Huguenot refugees arrive after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Simon van der Stel, the… French Huguenot refugees arrive after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony settles the Huguenot refugees in the present day Drakenstein, Franschhoek and Wellington areas which were beyond the Cape Colony and belonged to the Khoikhoi people. |
Marriage | Catharina Pyl — View this family July 14, 1709 (aged 21 years) Citation details: Botha, p372, b2. |
Epidemic | Smallpox March 16, 1713 (aged 25 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony. |
Marriage of parents | Friedrich Botha — Maria Kickers — View this family June 21, 1714 (aged 26 years) Source: Stamouers Citation details: Verdere Inligting oor Jan Cornelisz en Maria Kickers (http://www.stamouers.com/stamouers/a-c/69-botha-friedrich) : accessed 21 Mar 2017
Text: Let wel Pama en De Villiers gee die trou jaar as 1717 maar dit is verkeerd, dit moet 1714 wees Citation details: Botha, p360, a1. Text: x Stellenbosch 21.6.1717 Citation details: du Toit, p239, a1b4. Note: They could only marry after the death of her ex-husband. |
Marriage of a child | Frederik Botha — Petronella Oosthuizen — View this family October 23, 1735 (aged 47 years) Citation details: Botha, p372, b2c4. |
Baptism of a granddaughter | Catharina Botha November 22, 1750 (aged 63 years) Citation details: Botha, p374, b2c4d6. |
Historical Event | Census 1754 (aged 66 years)Source:
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, 1755 (aged 67 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
Marriage of a grandson | Jan du Plessis — Catharina Botha — View this family October 27, 1771 (aged 83 years) Citation details: Du Plessis, p168, b6c1. Citation details: Botha, p374, b2c4d6. |
Death of a brother | Johannes Botha May 19, 1779 (aged 91 years) Citation details: du Toit, p239, a1b4. |
War | Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780 (aged 93 years)Source:
Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
Historical Event | Colonisation 1780 (aged 92 years)Source:
Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
War | French troops depart the Cape 1784 (aged 96 years)Source:
Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
War | French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 (aged 111 years)Source:
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Historical Event | Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 (aged 107 years)Source:
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, 1797 (aged 109 years)Source:
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War | Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 128 years)Source:
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Death of a father | Friedrich Botha |
Death of a mother | Maria Kickers |