- 1800 in New Zealand
The only recorded ship visit is a 3 day visit to Hauraki (the
Waihou River between theHauraki Plains andCoromandel Peninsula ) to collect timber. It is possible that sealers visitDusky Sound and that whalers are off the north-east coast but no specific records of any such activity remains.Salmond, Anne. Between Worlds. 1997. Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. ISBN 0 670 87787 5.]Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
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Head of State – King George III.
*Governor of New South Wales – On16 April Philip Gidley King arrives fromEngland with the despatch recalling John Hunter. Hunter acknowledges the receipt of his recall on20 April and leaves forEngland on28 September when King formally takes office. [http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogI-K.html Dictionary of Australian Biography: Philip Gidley King] ] [http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogHi-Hu.html#hunter1 Dictionary of Australian Biography: John Hunter] ]Events
*March – HMS "Reliance", Captain Henry Waterhouse, discovers and charts the
Antipodes Islands .
*11 May – The "Betsey", Captain John Myers, leavesPort Jackson forPeru . "En route" she visits Hauraki for three days to collect timber. On board are twopākehā women, the first to visit theNorth Island .Undated
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Samuel Marsden becomes the principal, and at the time only remaining,chaplain forNew South Wales . [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/MarsdenSamuel/MarsdenSamuel/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Samuel Marsden Biography] ] [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1M16 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Marsden] ]Births
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1 October -James Reddy Clendon (inEngland ), settler and public official (d.1872 ) [ [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1C19 DNZB: James Reddy Clendon] ]Deaths
ee also
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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 References
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