1838
- June 8
- First French warship, the corvette "Heroine" (Captain J.B. Cecille) arrives in Akaroa.
Notes
- Information for this resource was based on the second edition of John Densem’s Christchurch chronology: a history of settlement. Environmental Policy and Planning Policy Unit, Christchurch City Council, 1990.
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