The following lists events that happened during 1662 in South Africa.
Incumbents
Commander of the Cape Colony - Jan van Riebeeck Commander of the Cape Colony - Zacharias Wagenaer
Events
Pieter Everaert discovers the Olifants River mouth. Doman, the leader of the Goringhaiqua Khoi-Khoi, dies. Zaccharias Wagenaer succeeds Jan van Riebeeck as Commander of the Cape Colony. Jan van Riebeeck and family depart the Table Bay for Batavia, leaving behind a fort, hospital, jetty, workshops, granary, and houses. The Cape settlement grows to 100 colonists. Roelof de Man acquires 3 Angolan slaves from Jan van Riebeeck.
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