1869 in New Zealand

none November 20191869 New Zealand Template:Year in New Zealand: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px * Other events of 1869 Timeline of New Zealand historyThe following lists events that happened during 1869 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State — Queen Victoria Governor — Sir George Ferguson Bowen Government and law The 4th Parliament continues. Speaker of the House — Sir David Monro Premier — Edward Stafford is replaced by William Fox on 28 June after Stafford's government is defeated. Minister of Finance — William Fitzherbert is replaced by Julius Vogel after the defeat of the Stafford government. Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney Main centre leaders Mayor of Christchurch — William Wilson followed by John Anderson Mayor of Dunedin — Thomas Birch Events thumb|right|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand thumb|right|The New Zealand Ensign for use on Government ships 4–5 January: Te Kooti and his followers manage to escape the siege of Ngā Tapa pā.Today in History | NZHistoryDictionary Of New Zealand Biography: Te Kooti 13 February: A war party of Ngāti Maniapoto led by Wetere Te Rerenga kills all three men, a woman and three children, and also the Wesleyan missionary John Whiteley who arrives shortly afterwards, at the isolated Pukearuhe Redoubt. This is the final act of the Taranaki wars.https://nzhistory.govt.nz/wesleyan-missionary-john-whitely-murdered Killings at Pukearuhe: 13 February 1869 (Ministry for Culture and Heritage 6 October 2020 25 September 2021 11 April: Prince Alfred the Duke of Edinburgh visits New Zealand on HMS Galatea. 5 June: 1869 Christchurch earthquake August: The first bicycle built in Auckland is ridden for the first time. Bicycles are also built and ridden in Christchurch and Dunedin in this year.http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/wikis/history_of_cycling/new-zealand-cycle-history.aspx New Zealand Cycling History 24 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20100416110122/http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/wikis/history_of_cycling/new-zealand-cycle-history.aspx 16 April 2010 dead dmy-all The University of Otago is established, being New Zealand's first University. Undated The New Zealand Ensign is introduced for use on government ships. It does not become the official national flag until 1902. The flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand is also in common use. Resignation and departure from New Zealand of Jean Baptiste Pompallier, First Catholic Bishop in New Zealand. Closure of St Mary's Seminary, Auckland. Sport Horse racing Major race winners New Zealand Cup winner: Mainsail New Zealand Derby winner: Manuka Shooting Ballinger Belt: No competition Births 6 February: Patrick O'Regan, lawyer, politician and judge. 28 April: Frances Hodgkins, painter. 30 April: 'Charles Robert Norris Mackie, pacifist and social reformerCharles Robert Norris Mackie J. E. Cookson 3m20 23 April 2017 18 May: James Parr, politician. Deaths 16 March: Johnny Jones, whaler, early settler. 30 March: William Field Porter, politician. Āpihai Te Kawau, Māori leader. See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References General Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. 1-86958-879-7 Specific External links 1869 in yes