1816 in New Zealand
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 1816 in New Zealand |
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
- Head of State – King George III. With Prince George, Prince of Wales as Prince Regent.
- Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
[edit] Events
- 22 January – Large numbers of Māori from North Cape, Whangaroa and Thames visit the mission at Rangihoua.[1]
- February – Thomas and Elizabeth Hansen arrive at Oihi, Rangihoua from Port Jackson on the Active. They are the first non-missionary European family to settle in New Zealand. They eventually raise 11 children who all live to at least their late 60s.[2][3]
- March – Tui and Titore (see 1815) leave Port Jackson (Sydney) for England in HMS Kangaroo. While there they may have helped Professor Lee start his Maori dictionary.[1]
- 16 August – Thomas Kendall starts the first school in New Zealand, at Rangihoua. The opening roll is 33.[4][5]
[edit] Births
- 31 July (in Ireland): Trevor Chute, leader of British forces in the 2nd Taranaki War.[6]
- Undated
- William Daldy, politician.[7]
- (in England): Edward Dobson, Canterbury provincial engineer.[8]
- William Guyton, mayor of Wellington.[9]
- John Wheeler King born, the first European male born in New Zealand to reach adulthood.[3]
- Henry Tancred, politician.[7]
[edit] Deaths
- approximate
- Charlotte Badger, one of first two female settlers in New Zealand.[10]
[edit] See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1816 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1816
[edit] References
- ^ a b NZETC: Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1816
- ^ Ancestry.com: Thomas Hansen Biography
- ^ a b Hansen-King Family Tree
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography
- ^ Green, David (7 April 2006). "Chute, Trevor 1816 - 1886". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1C17.
- ^ a b New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
- ^ "DOBSON BROTHERS, from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966.". Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 18-Sep-2007. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/D/DobsonBrothers/en.
- ^ No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council)
- ^ "Charlotte Badger". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101053523/.
