He was born March 1811 in Black Barnsley, Leicestershire.
Profession: in Royal Waikato Lodge member/.
Resident:
in the year 1875: Indecent exposure RESIDENT-MAGISTRATE'S COURT Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2144, 17 November 1875, Page 2/Grahamstown, Coromandel, New Zealand.
between 1875 and 1876: Thames, Waikato, New Zealand.
on June 15, 1849: birth of John, Labourer, Soldier, later Howick Fencible, Miner, Hotel keeper and Gardener/Howick, Auckland, Manukau, New Zealand.
August 1850: Jno Sheard received "Destitute Pensioners" rations/.
November 1853: Subpoenas issued on oath by Richard Nolan Barry to John Sheard and others for subletting licence to Cut Timber on the waste lans of the Crown in the year 1852./.
in the year 1853: Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 639, 12 August 1853, Page 4/.
May 1866: John was charged with stealing a bag of clothes, the property of John WILLIAMS. Sentance one year hard labour/.
on September 29, 1854: Crown Land Deed of Grant Lot 236, one acre of land at Moore Street in Village of Howick in the Parish of Pakuranga, given to John Sheard (sold 6th Oct 1854) 3 Oct 1856 to 19th August 1857 living Bank Street Auckland in a rented house./.
in the year 1848: Jury List/Auckland, New Ulster.
between 1875 and 1876: Dwelling/Messanger Hill, Thames, Waikato, New Zealand.
in the year 1857: Bank Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
in the year 1863: POLICE COURT.Thursday. [Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.] DRUNKENNESS. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1932, 25 September 1863, Page 3/Waiheke.
between 1853 and 1864: Labourer Freehold Estate/Howick, Auckland, New Zealand.
on September 24, 1852: Lived in the double cottage adjoining that of William & Mary MOORE. William Moore who charged John Sheard with assault 24th September 1852 - Ann was witness to Mary's murder by her husband William Moore./.
The temperature on July 19, 1837 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder dauw. Source: KNMI
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De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
September 18 » Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
December 7 » The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
Day of death December 14, 1877
The temperature on December 14, 1877 was about 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
Day of burial December 16, 1877
The temperature on December 16, 1877 was about 5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
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