1835 in New Zealand
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
The following lists events that happened during 1835 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- King William IV
- Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
Government and law
- British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby
- Thomas McDonnell.[1]
Events
- January
- - William Colenso sets up the first printing press in New Zealand.[2]
- 17 February - William Colenso produces the first book in New Zealand, The Epistle to the Philippians and the Ephesians, in Māori.[2][3]
- 22 April: Wesleyan Missionaries extend south beyond their main base at Hokianga to the Waikato Coast, among them James and Mary Wallis.
- 28 July - Joseph Brooks Weller, eldest of the Weller brothers, dies of tuberculosis at Otakou.[4]
- July
- – Additional British Resident in New Zealand, returns to New Zealand.[1]
- –
- 28 October – King William IV.
- October - First printing in English in New Zealand made by William Colenso, a notice warning against French influence in New Zealand.[3]
- 19 December – HMS Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy and carrying Charles Darwin, arrives in New Zealand.
- 30 December – The Beagle leaves New Zealand.
- Undated
- Early in the year )
- )
- French whaling captain Jean Langlois visits Akaroa for the first time.[7]
- The )
- There are approximately 80 Europeans at the Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou.
- There are several traders in the Bay of Plenty including Phillip Tapsell and James Farrow.[9]
- Fighting between
Sport
Cricket
- December – Charles Darwin witnesses a game of cricket at the Bay of Islands.[10]
Births
- 24 February (in London): Julius Vogel, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- 19 June (in France): Suzanne Aubert, Catholic missionary.
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
- ^ a b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: McDonnell Biography
- ^ a b Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 331.
- ^ a b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Colenso Biography
- ^ Weller Family Tree: Joseph Brooks
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: John Jones
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 4.
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.
- ^ a b c "Tauranga History Timeline". Archived from the original on 14 January 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ISBN 0-908570-00-7