22 November Dundas is appointed Governor of the Cape 1799 Farmers of Graaff Reinet revolt against the British The 3rd Cape Frontier War starts between white settlers and the Xhosas and only ends in 1801 The British build Fort Frederick in Algoa Bay The eastern cape Khoikhoi revolt The London Missionary Society set up their first station at Zak River First recorded landing on the Prince Edward Islands by French sealers 5 November – HMS Sceptre, wrecking, Table Bay 18 December – Sir George Young is appointed Governor of the Cape Births 19 December 1792 – Hendrik Potgieter, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony 1 March 1797 – Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz, Voortrekker leader, is born in the Graaff-Reinet District 21 June 1797 – Christoffel Brand, politician, (d. 1875) 27 November 1798 – Andries Pretorius, Voortrekker leader, is born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony Deaths 1793 – Baron Joachim van Plettenberg, Governor of the Cape Colony, dies References See Years in South Africa for list of other References History of South Africa