1610s in South Africa
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- 1614 - Zacharias WagenaerZacharias WagenaerZacharias Wagner was a clerk, an illustrator, a merchant, member of the Court of Justice, opperhoofd of Deshima and the only German governor of the Cape colony...
, Commander of the Cape, is born - 21 April 1619 - Jan van RiebeeckJan van RiebeeckJohan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...
, Commander of the Cape, born CulemborgCulemborgCulemborg is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands. The city is situated just south of the Lek River...
in the NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...