British Cape Colony

The Cape Colony, also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony located in present-day South Africa. It existed from 1795 to 1802 and again from 1806 to 1910. Preceded by a Dutch colony established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company, the British gained control after the 1795 Battle of Muizenberg. Though briefly ceded to the Batavian Republic, it was re-occupied by the British in 1806 and remained part of the British Empire, becoming self-governing in 1872. In 1910, it united with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, becoming the Cape Province.