<P> On 31 December 1687 a group of Huguenots set sail from France as the first of the large scale emigration of Huguenots to the Cape of Good Hope , which took place during 1688 and 1689 . In total some 180 Huguenots from France , and 18 Walloons from the present - day Belgium , eventually settled at the Cape of Good Hope . A notable example of this is the emigration of Huguenots from La Motte d'Aigues in Provence , France . After this large scale emigration , individual Huguenot immigrant families arrived at the Cape of Good Hope as late as the first quarter of the 18th century , and the state - subsidised emigration of Huguenots was stopped in 1706 . </P>
<P> On 31 December 1687 a group of Huguenots set sail from France as the first of the large scale emigration of Huguenots to the Cape of Good Hope , which took place during 1688 and 1689 . In total some 180 Huguenots from France , and 18 Walloons from the present - day Belgium , eventually settled at the Cape of Good Hope . A notable example of this is the emigration of Huguenots from La Motte d'Aigues in Provence , France . After this large scale emigration , individual Huguenot immigrant families arrived at the Cape of Good Hope as late as the first quarter of the 18th century , and the state - subsidised emigration of Huguenots was stopped in 1706 . </P>
when did the french huguenots arrived in south africa
when did the french huguenots arrived in south africa
31 December 1687
31 December 1687