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1845 In New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1845 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1845 is 72,500 Māori and 12,774 non-Māori. Incumbents Regal and viceregal *Head of State – Queen Victoria *Governor – Captain Robert Fitzroy is dismissed on 18 November and replaced by Sir George Grey. Government and law * Chief Justice — William Martin Events * 19 January: Hone Heke cuts down the British flagstaff at Kororareka for the third time in the lead-up to the Flagstaff War. * 2 April: ''The Wellington Independent'' publishes its first issue. The newspaper continues to publish bi-weekly or tri-weekly until 1874. * 7 June: ''The New Zealander'' begins publishing. The Auckland-based newspaper publishes weekly, then bi-weekly and from 1859 daily. It will cease publishing in 1866. Births * 11 October: Charles Johnston, Mayor of Wellington and politician. Unknown date * Samuel Brown, mayor of Wellington (in Ireland). * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Of State
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and legitimacy. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government and more (such as the president of the United States, who is also commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces). In a parliamentary system, such as the United Kingdom or India, the head of state usually has mostly ceremonial powers, with a separate head of government. However, in some parliamentary systems, like South Africa, there is an executive president that is both head of state and head of government. Likewise, in some parliamentary systems the head of state is not the head of government, but still has significant powers, for example Morocco. In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (mayor)
Samuel Brown (1845 – 14 August 1909) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1887 to 1888. Brown was born in Ireland in 1845. He came to New Zealand in 1862, first settling in Invercargill having walked there from Dunedin. He erected Bendix Hallenstein, Hallenstein and Co's first business in New Zealand. Brown then moved to Wellington in 1864 where he was a merchant and contractor, responsible for the Wellington tramway system, Wellington steam tramways. He also obtained the No 13 or Paekakariki Contract for the tunnels and central section of the Wellington and Manawatu Line for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. With access difficulties this was the most difficult contract for the line; see North–South Junction. He was also involved in the construction of the Midland Line, New Zealand, Midland and Westland Railways. He built the first portion of the Wellington Gas Company, Wellington Gas Works, the Maginnity Street drill shed, and the first lighthouse at Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of New Zealand's Links With Antarctica
This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand's involvement with Antarctica. Pre 1900s ;1838–1840 *French and American expeditions, led by Jules Dumont d'Urville and Charles Wilkes. John Sac, a Māori travelling with Wilkes, becomes the first New Zealander to cross the Antarctic Circle. p. 72. ;1895 *New Zealander Alexander von Tunzelmann becomes the first person to set foot on Antarctica, at Cape Adare. p. 73. ;1899 *February British expedition led by Carstens Borchgrevink, including several New Zealanders, establishes first base in Antarctica, at Cape Adare. This expedition becomes the first to winter over on the continent. 1900s ;1902 * Scott Island (formerly ''Markham Island'') was discovered and landed upon by William Colbeck (seaman). 1910s ;1910 * Robert Falcon Scott leaves for Antarctica from Port Chalmers. Scott's party later died on the return journey after being delayed by a blizzard. ;1911–1914 *Four New Zealanders (H Hamilton, AJ Sawyer, EN Webb, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of New Zealand History
This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand that includes only events deemed to be of principal importance – for less important events click the year heading or refer to List of years in New Zealand. Prehistory (to 1000 CE) * 85 mya: Around this time New Zealand splits from the supercontinent Gondwana. * 5 mya: New Zealand's climate cools as Australia drifts north. Animals that have adapted to warm temperate and subtropical conditions become extinct. * 26,500 BP: The Taupō volcano erupts extremely violently, covering much of the country with volcanic ash and causing the Waikato River The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand, running for through the North Island. It rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake. It th ... to avulse from the Hauraki Plains to its current path through the Waikato to the Tasman Sea. * 18,000 BP: New Zealand's North and Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military History Of New Zealand
The military history of New Zealand is an aspect of the history of New Zealand that spans several hundred years. When first settled by Māori people, Māori almost a millennium ago, there was much land and resources, but war began to break out as the country's carrying capacity was approached. Initially being fought with close range weapons of wood and stone, this continued on and off until Europeans arrived, bringing with them new weapons such as muskets. Colonisation by British Empire, Britain led to the New Zealand Wars in the 19th century in which settler and imperial troops and their Māori allies fought against other Māori and a handful of Pākehā. In the first half of the 20th century, New Zealanders of all races fought alongside Britain in the Boer War and both World Wars. In the second half of the century and into this century the New Zealand Defence Force has provided token assistance to the United States in several conflicts. New Zealand has also contributed troops ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Years In New Zealand
The table of years in New Zealand is a tabular display of all years in New Zealand, for overview and quick navigation to any year. While a chronological century would include the years (e.g.) 1801 to 1900, and hence a decade would be 1801-1810 etc., for encyclopedic purposes the 100 years and 10 year spans of 1800-1899 and 1800-1809 etc. have been used respectively. __TOC__ Up to 1800 Prior to 1800 in New Zealand 1800s in New Zealand 1900s in New Zealand 2000s in New Zealand See also *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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in New Zealand, List of New Zealand history-related lists New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of New Zealand
The history of New Zealand ( Aotearoa) dates back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture. Like other Pacific cultures, Māori society was centred on kinship links and connection with the land but, unlike them, it was adapted to a cool, temperate environment rather than a warm, tropical one. The first European explorer known to visit New Zealand was Dutch navigator Abel Tasman on 13 December 1642. In 1643 he charted the west coast of the North Island, his expedition then sailed back to Batavia without setting foot on New Zealand soil. British explorer James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European to circumnavigate and map New Zealand. From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries, traders and adventurers. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Peehi Turoa
Te Peehi Turoa (? – 8 September 1845) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, warrior and composer of waiata. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, .... Tōpia Peehi Tūroa was his grandson. References 1845 deaths New Zealand singer-songwriters Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi people Signatories of the Treaty of Waitangi New Zealand military personnel Year of birth missing {{NewZealand-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Phillpotts
Lieutenant George Phillpotts (1814 – 1 July 1845) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He was born in Durham, England, Durham, England in or about 1814. Career George Phillpotts entered the Royal Navy on 5 September 1827, advanced to mate through examination on 26 November 1833, served on HMS Asia (1824), HMS ''Asia''. However, in January 1841, General William Dyott, 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot, 63rd Regiment, observed that he'd left the navy and was helping his friend Richard Dyott (died 1891), Dick Dyott, the General's son, and the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party: "On the 6th a friend of Dick's, Mr. Phillpotts, a son of the Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter's, came for two nights, and was an able help in assisting at our party the following day. He had been in the navy, but on account of his father's politicks could not obtain promotion and quitted, and was employing himself in a colliery and in iron works at Dudley. Dick made acquaintance with him at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roberts (mayor)
Sir John Roberts (October 1845 – 13 September 1934) founder and managing partner of Murray Roberts & Co was a New Zealand businessman and runholder of the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the following century. He brought his family woollen business to New Zealand initially by opening a Dunedin branch of Melbourne's (and Galashiels') Sanderson Murray following that in 1873 by floating a public company to buy Mosgiel Woollen Mill established two years earlier by Arthur J Burns. He was appointed first chairman of its owners at the age of 28 and remained chairman until he died. Founder A J Burns, a grand-nephew of the great poet, was also a director. By this time Sanderson had withdrawn from the partnership and his place had been taken by young William Murray who was two years younger than Roberts. At the end of the 19th century Murray Roberts was New Zealand's second largest wool exporter and Sanderson Murray & Co in London was ranked as the third l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Johnston (New Zealand Politician)
Charles Johnston may refer to: Politics * Charles Johnston (representative) (1793–1845), U.S. Representative from New York * Charles Clement Johnston (1795–1832), U.S. Representative from Virginia * Charles Johnston (New Zealand politician) (1845–1918), Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand * Sir Charles Johnston, 1st Baronet (1848–1933), Lord Mayor of London between 1914 and 1915 * Charles Edward Johnston (1899–1971), Canadian federal politician * Charles Johnston (diplomat) (1912–1986), British diplomat and author who translated Pushkin's ''Eugene Onegin'' * Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport (1915–2002), British politician * Charles Hampton Johnston (1919–1981), Scottish Sheriff and Liberal Party politician Other * Charles E. Johnston (1881–1951), former president of Kansas City Southern Railway * Charles H. Johnston, U.S. admiral, retired 2005 * Charles Johnston (captive of Native Americans) (1770–1833), American lawyer who wrote a captivity narrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, any previous British monarch and is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After the deaths of her father and grandfather in 1820, she was Kensington System, raised under close supervision by her mother and her comptroller, John Conroy. She inherited the throne aged 18 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
