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).
February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
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.
March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
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.
March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
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