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.

Related

• Year by Year List
• Firsts, bests, worsts and lasts
• Sources
• About the Christchurch Chronology.