The Green Point Lighthouse is declared a national monument.
1930 The Green Point Common was being used by cows to graze on.
1923 The Green Point Common was granted to the Cape Town City Council by the Union Government as Commonage for general public recreation purposes and sports fields.
1920 (27 December 1920) Cape Town's first air crash fatality occurs at the Green Point Common.
1913 The City of Greater Cape Town was formed by the union of Central Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point, Woodstock, Maitland, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont and Kalk Bay.
1899 Green Point Common was established as a military camp, at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War.
A photo of the Cape Town Docks taken from Signal Hill, during the Anglo-Boer War (the Greenpoint Track and military camp can be seen on the left)
1879 Cape Town City's Council authorised a second tramways company, the 'City Tramways Company Limited', to operate a similar horse-drawn service, initially out to Green Point and Sea Point, and later to the Gardens and the southern suburbs.
1865
The Green Point Lighthouse's tower was extended to the present hight of 20 metres.
1863 (1 April 1863) The first tramway company in Cape Town, the 'Cape Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company', commenced operations with a horse-drawn service running on rails from the foot of Adderley Street and out along Somerset Road to Green Point.
1862
The first rugby match in South Africa took place between the "Officers of the Army" and the "Gentlemen of the Civil Service" at Green Point Common. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
1860 (circa 1860) The New Somerset Hospital was built, overlooking Granger Bay.
1838 A municipality is formed covering the Green Point - Sea Point area
1824 The Green Point lighthouse became operational.
1820
(circa 1820) Green Point was known as "de vlakte genaamdt de Groene Punt" - "the plain named Green Point".
1780 (circa 1780) The Green Point common is known by the Dutch as De Waterplaats (the Foreshore). The common extended from Three Anchor Bay all the way to town, and included most of the land contained between Somerset and Main Roads, out towards Sea Point and the coastline.
1600 & before Greenpoint was a sandy wilderness where (extinct) Cape lions roamed.
