1800 in New Zealand

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1800 in New Zealand:

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The only recorded ship visit is a 3 day visit to Hauraki (the Waihou River between the Hauraki Plains and Coromandel Peninsula) to collect timber. It is possible that sealers visit Dusky Sound and that whalers are off the north coast but no specific records of any such activity remains.^[1]

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State – King George III.
• Governor of New South Wales – On 16 April Philip Gidley King arrives from England with the despatch recalling John Hunter. Hunter acknowledges the receipt of his recall on 20 April and leaves for England on 28 September when King formally takes office.^[2][3]

[edit] Events

• March – HMS Reliance, Captain Henry Waterhouse, discovers and charts the Antipodes Islands.^[1]
• 11 May – The Betsey, Captain John Myers, leaves Port Jackson for Peru. En route she visits Hauraki for three days to collect timber. On board are two pākehā women, the first to visit the North Island.^[1]

[edit] Undated

• Samuel Marsden becomes the principal, and at the time only remaining, chaplain for New South Wales.^[4][5]

[edit] Births

• 1 October - James Reddy Clendon (in England), settler and public official (d.1872) ^[6]

[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 1800 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1800

[edit] References