1821 in New Zealand

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1821 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State – King George IV
• Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, advised of his appointment on 3 November 1820, arrives in Sydney on 7 November. ^[1] His predecessor, Lachlan Macquarie, whose resignation had finally been accepted at the end of 1820 does not leave New South Wales until 12 February 1822.^[2]

[edit] Events

• 12 July – Thomas Kendall, Hongi Hika and Waikato arrive back in the Bay of Islands from their trip to England. While in England they have helped to compile a Maori dictionary, met King George IV who gave Hongi a suit of armour, and Hongi has acquired a number of muskets (his primary purpose).^[3][4][5][6]
• 20 July – Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.^[7]
• 5 September – Hongi Hika and 2000 Ngā Puhi, armed with 1000 muskets, lay siege to Mauinaina pā at Tamaki. The pā is taken and the inhabitants massacred.^[6][8]
• September
  • – John Gare Butler and his family move into the Mission House even though it is still unfinished.^[7]

Undated

• Construction of the Mission House is started.^[7]
• Late in the year Hongi Hika and Ngā Puhi lay siege to the Ngāti Maru pā at Te Totara (Thames), but after 2 days they make peace with the defenders and withdraw. They return that night and take the pā without difficulty.^[6]
• Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa move south from Kawhia to resettle in Taranaki after several defeats by Waikato and Ngāti Maniopoto.^[9][10]

[edit] Births

• 21 February (in Scotland): James Menzies, Superintendent of Southland Province. ^[11]
• 12 July (in England): William Richmond, politician. ^[12]
• 10 August (in England): John Turnbull Thomson, engineer and surveyor. ^[13]
• 29 August (in Kerikeri): Elizabeth Fairburn (later Elizabeth Colenso), missionary and Bible translator. ^[14]
• 10 September (in England): William Jervois, 10th Governor of New Zealand ^[15]
• 2 November (in Ireland): George Bowen, 5th Governor of New Zealand. ^[16]

Undated

• John Bacot, politician. ^[17]
• (in England): Samuel Bealey, runholder and politician. ^[18]
• (in England): Thomas Brunner, explorer. ^[19]
• (in Scotland): John Cargill, politician. ^[17]
• Oswald Curtis, politician. ^[17]
• George Hunter, politician. ^[17]
• (in England): Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin.^[20]
• Reader Wood, politician. ^[17]

Approximate

• (in England): William Montgomery, politician and merchant. ^[21]
• (in Ireland): George O'Brien, painter.^[22]

[edit] Deaths

[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 environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1821 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1821

[edit] References