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Jan van Riebeeck
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1677
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Jan van Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 – 18 January 1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company.
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Battle of Marstrand
Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.