The following lists events that happened during 1580 in South Africa.

Events

  • English admiral Francis Drake rounds the Cape on his global voyage.[1]
  • Drake describes the Cape as "a most stately thing, and the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth."[1]
  • Portugal maintains contact and interaction with South Africa, as a land and as a people, during the reign of King Sebastian.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "General South African History Timeline: 1500s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  2. ^ Welch, Sydney R. (1949). South Africa Under King Sebastian and the Cardinal 1557 - 1580. ChapterOneBooks.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1580_in_South_Africa
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