Deaths
- 1721 - Johannes Cornelis D'Ablaing, acting Governor of the Cape, dies
- 1724 - Olof Bergh, Swedish explorer to Namaqualand, dies in Cape Town, aged 81
- 23 April 1728 - Pieter Gysbert van Noodt, Governor of the Cape, dies of a sudden heart attack at the age of 48 during the hanging of four soldiers who had deserted
- 1727 - Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, Governor of the Cape, dies
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