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About Zacharias Wagenaer
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- http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g7/p7948.htm
- http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/zacharias-wagenaer-successor-jan-van-riebeeck-writes-lords-17-suggesting-sixty-seven-fam
Profile pic is a painting by him.
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Governor of the Cape Colony
In 1662 he went to Cape of Good Hope with his small family, five slaves and two horses.He followed Jan van Riebeeck as a governor on 6 May. van Riebeeck left the next day. Wagener was one of the five people laying the foundation of the Castle of Good Hope, which was started in August 1665. He constructed a waterbasin, supplying the ships with fresh water, a hospital, a school and a church. In 1666 his wife Anna Auxbrebis, whom he had married in 1648, died. On 27 September 1666 he resigned and Wagener went back to Batavia with his stepdaughter. Wikipedia...
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Zacharias Wagenaer's Timeline
| 1614 |
May 10, 1614
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Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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| 1668 |
October 12, 1668
Age 54
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Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
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Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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