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4 days ago · He came back in 1839 and landed a herd of 50 cattle near Akaroa. The first attempt at settling on the plains was made by James Herriot of Sydney. He arrived with two small groups of farmers in April 1840. Their first crop was successful, but a plague of rats made them decide to leave.
4 days ago · The first meeting of the Christchurch Municipal Council was held on 3 March 1862. In November of that year it became the Christchurch City Council by virtue of the Christchurch City Council Ordinance, but between June and October 1868, was known as the Christchurch Borough Council in compliance with the Municipal Corporations Act passed by ...
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Tangata whenua — the first peoples of Aotearoa. Evidence suggests Polynesian people first arrived in New Zealand around 1250 to 1300 CE, coming from East Polynesia in canoes. By the time of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s brief encounter in 1642 and Captain James Cook’s several visits from 1769, Māori society and culture were well ...
4 days ago · Riccarton Bush was first seen by Captain Barney Rhodes in 1836 when he climbed the hills from Port Cooper (Lyttelton Harbour) and looked at the plains beyond. It is shown clearly in maps drawn as early as 1845, and in Charles Torlesse’s detailed survey map of Canterbury in 1849. It was a favourite subject of early artists as well.
1 day ago · First English Civil War at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1644 Maps of territory held by Royalists (red) and Parliamentarians (green) during the English Civil War (1642–1645) King Charles I, who was beheaded in 1649. The First English Civil War broke out in 1642, largely due to ongoing conflicts between James' son, Charles I, and Parliament.
4 days ago · 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.
May 4, 2024 · History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
