Battle of Salt River

The Battle of Salt River was a small military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua, notable for being the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become South Africa. The battle resulted in a massacre of Portuguese forces and a victory for the ǃUriǁʼaekua.

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1510  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle of Goringhaiqua
battle, Khoikhoi, Portuguese Empire, 
HMS Sceptre, 

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1510 Battle of Salt River

1795-06-10T00:00:00Z

1795-09-15T00:00:00Z

1795 Battle of Muizenberg

1806-01-08T00:00:00Z

1806-01-18T00:00:00Z

1806 Battle of Blaauwberg

1659-01-01T00:00:00Z

1677-01-01T00:00:00Z

1659 — 1677 Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1510	Battle of Salt River	battle, Portuguese Empire, Khoikhoi	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1795	Battle of Muizenberg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1806	Battle of Blaauwberg	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	war	1659	Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars	series of wars, Dutch East India Company, Khoikhoi	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Fort Wynyard	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Lion Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Chavonis	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Coornhoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Knok	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Duinhoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Kijckuit	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Zanthoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1654	Redoubt Duijnhoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1666	Castle of Good Hope	star fort	Wikidata
site	museum		South African Naval Museum	naval museum, maritime museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SAS Fleur	recreational dive site, offshore dive site, boom defence vessel, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1781	HMS Sceptre	third-rate, shipwreck, Inflexible-class third-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
site	tower		Simon's Town Martello Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Marking-the-grave-of-Almeida-1510-by-Pieter-van-der-Aa-c.1708		Commons