Events

• 8 January - British
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   troops land at Losperds Bay, between Bloubergstrand and Melkbosstrand
  Melkbosstrand
  Melkbosstrand is a coastal village and beach with just over 17000 inhabitants, located on the South West Coast of South Africa, 35 km north of Cape Town....
  
   in the Cape Colony
  Cape Colony
  The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
  
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  • The Battle of Blaauwberg takes place between the British and the Dutch
    Dutch people
    The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
    
     colonists.
• 10 January - Governor Jan Willem Janssens
  Jan Willem Janssens
  Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens GCMWO was a Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman who served both as the governor-general of the Cape Colony and Dutch East Indies.-Early life:...
  
   capitulates and Sir David Baird
  David Baird
  David Baird may refer to:* Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, British general* David Baird * David Baird , U.S. Senator from New Jersey* David Baird, Jr. , his son, also a U.S. Senator from New Jersey...
  
  is appointed Governor of the Cape
• The first regular inland postal service is started.