Monday, December 1, 2008

Important Evant In The 18th Century


Important Evant In The 18th Century

1721 Tension brew on onrust due to overcrowding

1723 Tension once again brew and 4 companies Of VOC soldier were sent to Onrust to prevent uproar

1735 Overcrowding, due to large number of staff, worker and slaves that reside on the Island. This condition resulted in antoher potinsial uproar.

1757 Approximately 200 worker, which consisted of skilled ship carpenter, hundreds of sailors who were sent to Onrust for hard labor, 300 VOC slaves ( among them are woman and children) and 600 slaves lived on the Island.

1770 Captain james cook had to repair the ship, the “Endeavour” on Onrust on his Return journey froum australia