Category: Migrants from County of Lingen to Dutch Cape Colony

Categories: County of Lingen, Emigrants to South Africa, Historic Places | Dutch Cape Colony, Immigrants from Holy Roman Empire

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Name: Migrants from AdminEntity to AdminEntity
From Country:Holy Roman Empire
From Entity:County of Lingen
To Country:South Africa, Historic Places
To Entity:Dutch Cape Colony
Instructions:Space: Migration Category Structure
Map of Profiles:WikiTree+ Maps
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This Category should be used for people who left their homelands in the County of Lingen between 1652 and 1702 and subsequently settled near the Cape of Good Hope which is now a part of South Africa.

The County of Lingen (German: Grafschaft Lingen) was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire. It was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1702.

The Dutch Cape Colony was a Dutch settlement under the control of the United East India Company (VOC)

  • In 1652 the Cabo de Goede Hoop was established as a refreshment post and remained a settlement under Dutch control until 1795
  • Between 1795 and 1802 the area was occupied by the British: The British occupation continued until the Peace of Amiens in 1802 when it was returned to the Dutch
  • In 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars, a second British invasion reoccupied the colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg and it remained a British colony until the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

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Person Profiles (2)

abt 1670 Lingen, Grafschaft Lingen, Heiliges Römisches Reich
abt 1685 Lingen, Grafschaft Lingen, Heiliges Römisches Reich photo




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