The following lists events that happened during the 1620s in South Africa.

Events

  • 1620
  • Captain Andrew Shillinge and Captain Humphrey Fitzherbert formally annex the shores of Table Bay in the name of King James I.
  • French explorer Augustin de Beaulieu records the Robben Island Earthquake, the first recorded one in the country.
  • 1622
  • The Portuguese ship, Sao João Baptista, was lost off the eastern coast of South Africa

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References