Adriaan van Kervel (c. 1681 – 19 September 1737) was the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 31 August 1737 to 19 September 1737. After only three weeks...
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Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape 14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape Phalo becomes King of the Xhosa...
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a Commandment, and between 1691 and 1795, a Governorate of the VOC. Jan van Riebeeck established the colony as a re-supply and layover port for vessels...
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his successor, Adriaan van Kervel. De la Fontaine was the eldest of the four children of Jacques (Jacob) de la Fontaine and Barbara van der Burgh and was...
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day after the death of Adriaan van Kervel, the Council of Policy at the Cape met for the purpose of electing an acting head. Van den Henghel and the secunde...
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fiscal Adriaan van Kervel in 1726 on order of the Council of XVII did find evidence that a sealed package containing a hoard had been sent by Van Soest...
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