1847 in New Zealand

none November 2019 July 2013 1847 The following lists events that happened during 1847 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1847 is 69,700 Māori and 14,477 non-Māori.Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm Long-term data series 14 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm 5 March 2008 dead , in particular http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm A1.1 Total population.xls 14 March 2008 Excel https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm 5 March 2008 dead Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Queen Victoria Governor – Sir George Grey Government and law Chief Justice – William Martin Events 5 August – The Ramilles arrives in Auckland with the first fencibles.New Zealand Fencible Society They are initially housed at the Auckland Barracks.http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tonyf/Fencibles/Fencibles.html The Fencibles 12 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090203015528/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tonyf/Fencibles/Fencibles.html 3 February 2009 dead 15 September – The first hospital in Wellington is opened in Thorndon.http://www.ccdhb.org.nz/History/Pictorial%20index/Thorndon%20Hospitals/Thorndon1.htm Capital & Coast District Health Board: The Thorndon Hospitals 12 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081015065631/http://www.ccdhb.org.nz/History/Pictorial%20index/Thorndon%20Hospitals/Thorndon1.htm 15 October 2008 dead University of Otago: Wellington School of Medicine - ChronologyOther sources state that the first hospital in Wellington was built in 1846. This may have been when construction started. 17 November – The first fencibles move to Onehunga. Undated The first permanent hospital in Auckland opens in Grafton Gully.Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Auckland - Government, education and healthOther sources state that the first hospital in Auckland was built in 1845. This may have been when construction started. Births January 5: William Rose Bock, engraver, medallist, illuminator, stamp designer, lithographer and publisher (d. 1932) (unknown date, place): Charles King, cricketer (d. 1917) Deaths 12 March: Te Manihera Poutama, missionary 5 April: George Binns, chartist leader and poet 19 July (in Tasmania): Hohepa Te Umuroa, political prisoner 1 September: Tiakitai, tribal leader and trader Unknown date Dicky Barrett, whaler and trader Tuhuru Kokare, tribal leader 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 References External links 1847 in yes