Dutch merchant and governor-general of the VOC (1653–1713)
Abraham van Riebeeck
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 30 October 1709 – 17 November 1713
Preceded by
Joan van Hoorn
Succeeded by
Christoffel van Swoll
Personal details
Born
(1653-10-18)18 October 1653 Castle of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony
Died
17 November 1713(1713-11-17) (aged 60) Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Spouse
Elisabeth van Oosten
Children
6
Parent(s)
Jan van Riebeeck Maria van Riebeeck
Abraham van Riebeeck (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈaːbraːˌɦɑɱvɑnˈribeːk]; 18 October 1653 – 17 November 1713) was a merchant with the Dutch East India Company and the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1709 to 1713.
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AbrahamvanRiebeeck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːbraːˌɦɑɱvɑn ˈribeːk]; 18 October 1653 – 17 November 1713) was a merchant with the Dutch East India Company...
or nine children, most of whom did not survive infancy. Their son AbrahamvanRiebeeck, born at the Cape, later became Governor-General of the Dutch East...
Maria vanRiebeeck (née de la Queillerie; 28 October 1629 – 2 November 1664) was a French Huguenot who was the first wife of Jan vanRiebeeck, the Dutch...
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the College van Schepenen (Aldermen) at Batavia. Following the death of Governor-General AbrahamvanRiebeeck, the Council (Raad) chose van Swoll, by a...
Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt (d. 1716) October 18 – AbrahamvanRiebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713) November 11...
coffee in Europe, in the year of 1709 the Dutch governor-general AbrahamvanRiebeeck started to open coffee plantations around the area of Tjibalagoeng...
completed in 1710 and the building was inaugurated by Governor General AbrahamvanRiebeeck as the administrative headquarter of the Dutch East India Company...
occasion of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Dutch settlers under vanRiebeeck reflected social responsibility, this time the responsibility of the...
either of her uncle Autshumato (also known as Kx'aothumathub) or of Jan vanRiebeeck and Maria de la Quellerie.[citation needed] Her actual birth name is...
of Johor, Abdul Jalil Shah IV (r. 1699-1720), to Governor-General AbrahamvanRiebeeck, 26 April 1713". National Archives of Indonesia. Retrieved 25 June...
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AbrahamvanRiebeeck (the son of the founder of Cape Town Jan vanRiebeeck and later Governor of Dutch East Indies). The expedition of vanRiebeeck performed...
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the Cape, sold her to Jan VanRiebeeck, making her amongst one of the first slaves brought to South Africa. When VanRiebeeck left the Cape in 1662, Angela...
Jan vanRiebeeck landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, setting up a supply station and fortifications for the Dutch East India Company. The decade saw the...
Joan van Hoorn, who visited the Cape in 1710, criticized Van Assenburgh's rule in a letter addressed to his father-in-law, AbrahamvanRiebeeck. Van Hoorn...
Wrecked on the Coast of Caffraria, 1782(edited by Botha, C.G),page vi. VanRiebeeck Society. ISBN 9780958513456. Shakespeare, N. (16 February 2004). "A history...
La Porte de La Meilleraye, French general (b. 1632) November 17 – AbrahamvanRiebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) November 18...
negotiating with them, VanRiebeeck introduced slavery in the Cape Colony. The first slave, Abrahamvan Batavia, arrived in 1653 ("van Batavia" meaning "from...
Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria Riebeeck Kasteel – Jan vanRiebeeckRiebeeck West – Jan vanRiebeeck Riversdale – Harry Rivers Robertson – Rev...
La Porte de La Meilleraye, French general (b. 1632) November 17 – AbrahamvanRiebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) November 18...
Johanna Maria vanRiebeeck, who was 22 years his junior and a daughter of AbrahamvanRiebeeck as well as a granddaughter to Jan vanRiebeeck, founder of...
Commandment, and between 1691 and 1795, a Governorate of the VOC. Jan vanRiebeeck established the colony as a re-supply and layover port for vessels of...
Winkler in 1690, and governor-general AbrahamvanRiebeeck in 1703, 1704, and 1709. In the 1709 expedition VanRiebeeck passed through Mount Gede and visited...
the Dutch Navy by William of Orange. On 11 October 1652, under Jan VanRiebeeck's command, Jan Blank, a sailor, was keelhauled, whipped a total of 150...
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