1895
- April 23
- Regular Lyttelton - Wellington Cook Strait ferry service inaugurated by "Penguin".
- November 17
- Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) visits. He described Christchurch as a town where half the people rode bicycles and the other half were kept busy dodging them.
- (no date)
- Heavy snowfall kills 350,000 sheep in Canterbury.
- Bicycle Band formed.
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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