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Heinrich Christian Elise ROSE [Henry]

Male 1856 - 1884  (28 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1845 
  • 1845—1872: New Zealand Wars
    The New Zealand Wars were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand from 1845 to 1872 between the Colonial government and allied Maori on one side and Maori and Maori-allied settlers on the other. At the peak of hostilities in the 1860s, 18,000 British troops, supported by artillery, cavalry and local militia, battled about 4,000 Maori warriors. Over the course of the Taranaki and Waikato campaigns, the lives of about 1,800 Maori and 800 Europeans were lost, and total Maori losses over the course of all the wars may have exceeded 2,100.
1853 
  • 17 Jan 1853—1 Jan 1877: NZ Provinces
    On 17 January 1853, New Zealand was divided into six Provinces (Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago), though there were soon secessions (Hawkes Bay 1858, Marlborough 1859, Southland 1864-1870, Westland 1868). Each province kept the revenue earned from the sale of their Crown land, and were responsible for encouraging immigration to their area. The provinces formally ceased to exist on the 1 January 1877 and local government was then vested in elected borough and county councils.
1859 
  • 6 Jun 1859: Queensland separated from NSW
    Queen Victoria granted approval and signed Letters Patent on 6 June 1859 to establish the new Colony of Queensland, separate from New South Wales. On the same day, an Order-in-Council gave Queensland its own constitution. Queensland became a self-governing colony with its own Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly.
1861 
  • 23 May 1861: Otago Gold Rush
    The Otago Gold Rush began after Gabriel Read found gold near the Tuapeka River, a tributary of the Clutha River in Otago. The Otago provincial government had offered a £1000 reward for the discovery of "payable quantities" of gold. Read, a prospector from Tasmania, claimed the reward (equivalent to more than $110,000 today) after finding gold "shining like the stars in Orion". His discovery sparked the first major gold rush in New Zealand. The Otago gold rush peaked in the mid-1860s, after which miners left in large numbers for the new West Coast goldfields.
1863 
  • 7 Feb 1863: HMS Orpheus shipwreck
    On 7 February 1863 the Royal Navy steam corvette HMS Orpheus foundered at the entrance to Auckland’s Manukau Harbour. Of the 259 officers, seamen and Royal Marines on board, 189 died in the worst maritime disaster in New Zealand waters.
  • 12 Jul 1863: Waikato Invasion
    British troops invaded the Waikato by crossing the Mangatawhiri Stream, which the Kingitanga (Maori King movement) had declared an aukati (a line not to be crossed). Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron had crossed the Mangatawhiri Stream with the declared intention of establishing military posts on the Waikato River. Five days later, the first battle of the Waikato War was fought at Koheroa, near Mercer.
1865 
  • 26 Jul 1865: NZ Parliment moves to Wellington
    The New Zealand capital moved from Auckland to more centrally located Wellington on the recommendation of a specially appointed Australian commission. The former Wellington Provincial Council chamber became the new home for Parliament.
1868 
  • 10 Nov 1868: Matawhero Massacre
    The Matawhero Massacre was Te Kooti’s utu (revenge) for his exile to the Chatham Islands and subsequent events. In the middle of the night, around 100 men, 60 on horseback, forded the Waipaoa River and moved quietly towards Matawhero. By dawn, they had killed about 60 people of all ages in the Pakeha settlement and adjacent kainga (Maori settlements). Some were shot, but most were bayoneted, tomahawked or clubbed to avoid alerting their neighbours.
1873 
  • 1873—1876: Vogel Immigration and Public Works
    The Vogel Era - New Zealand adopted in the 1870s an assisted immigration and public works scheme inaugurated by Colonial Treasurer then Premier Julius Vogel to develop the country and to relieve the slump of the late 1860s; to be financed by borrowing overseas. His "Great Public Works Policy" resulted in a large increase in migrants and provision of many new railways, roads and telegraph lines. The population rose from 248,000 in 1870 to 399,000 in 1876.
1879 
  • 19 Dec 1879: NZ Universal Male Suffrage
    Universal Male Suffrage was introduced to New Zealand with the Qualification of Electors Act. The Act extended the right to vote (or electoral franchise) to all European men aged over 21, regardless of whether they owned or rented property. This reform, known as universal male suffrage – or, at the time, as 'manhood suffrage' – helped transform New Zealand’s politics in the late 19th century. Maori men had been granted universal suffrage in 1867, to vote in four special Maori seats.
10 1881 
  • 29 Apr 1881: Tararua shipwreck
    On a voyage from Port Chalmers to Melbourne, the Tararua struck a reef off Waipapa Point, Southland, at 5 a.m. on 29 April. A passenger swam ashore to raise the alarm, but the rough sea made it too dangerous to take people off. The ship began to break up, and the passengers climbed the rigging. They hung on until 2.35 a.m. the next morning, when those on the beach heard piercing shrieks. By daybreak the ship had sunk, and bodies were floating ashore. Of the 151 passengers and crew on board, 131 were lost in the worst civilian shipwreck in New Zealand waters.
11 1882 
  • 15 Feb 1882: 1st Frozen Meat Export
    The first frozen meat shipment was exported from New Zealand on 15 February 1882 aboard the Dunedin. The ship had been fitted with a coal-powered Bell Coleman freezing plant, which cooled the entire hold to 22 degrees celsius below the outside temperature. About 5000 carcasses were on board the Dunedin when it sailed from Port Chalmers to London. The new technology ultimately enabled the owner-operated (family) farm to become the standard economic unit in rural New Zealand for the next century.