Treaty of Waitangi
February 6, 1840
On a lawn in the Bay of Islands, some forty Maori chiefs signed a treaty with the British Crown - in Maori translation that said rather less than the English original. The document would become New Zealand's founding charter, its longest grievance, and, a century and a half later, the basis for reparations still being paid.
In context
Also in 1840 (4 other events on record)
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- Penny Black Stamp Issued · Europe · Technology
- Napoleon's Return From St. Helena · Europe · Culture
Before and after in Oceania
- Before: 1820: Antarctica Sighted
- After: June 27, 1843: Maori Wairau Incident
Before and after in Politics
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.