1595 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1595 in South Africa.
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Events
- Four ships under Cornelis de Houtman reach São Bras.{{Cite web |title=General South African History Timeline: 1500s |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/general-south-african-history-timeline-1500s |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.sahistory.org.za}}{{Cite web |title=A Brief History |url=https://www.stamouers.com/civil-and-sacred/voc/1-concis-history-voc |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.stamouers.com}}
- The Dutch make their first contact with the coast of Southern Africa.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-29 |title=The Research Behind the Founding of a Proto-Port of Cape Town Before 1652 |url=https://camissapeople.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/the-research-behind-the-founding-of-a-proto-port-of-cape-town-before-1652/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Camissa People |language=en}}
- An early trade relations agreement is signed between Dutch sailors aboard the 'Mauritius' and the Khoikhoi locals near Mossel Bay.{{Cite web |title=Akkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/place/akkoordskop-hill-western-cape |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.sahistory.org.za}}{{Cite web |last=Swingler |first=Helen |date=22 September 2021 |title=Heritage Month: The Khoi encountered Europeans long before Van Riebeeck |url=https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-09-22-the-khoi-encountered-europeans-long-before-van-riebeeck?utm_source=chatgpt.com}}{{Cite journal |last1=Oliver |first1=Erna |last2=Oliver |first2=Willem H. |date=August 31, 2017 |title=The Colonisation of South Africa: A unique case |journal=HTS Theological Studies |language=en |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.4102/hts.v73i3.4498 |issn=0259-9422|doi-access=free }}