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    Christchurch - a chronology

    Year by Year

    • Before 1700
    • 1700 - 1800
    • 1809
    • 1815 (approx)
    • 1825-28 (approx.)
    • 1827
    • 1830
    • 1831
    • 1832
    • 1833
    • 1835
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    • 1987
    • 1988
    • 1989
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