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New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end.

On June 21, in the year 1864, New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end. This event is recorded as a Selected Events event in the history of June 21, one of 524 recorded events on this date across all of history.

The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on June 21, 1864 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Selected Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 3 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 24 May 2026.

On This Date in History 524

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Historical Events 2025 Jun 21 A hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on bo
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 21 Frederick Crews, American essayist and literary critic (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2023 Jun 21 Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2018 Jun 21 Charles Krauthammer, American columnist and conservative political commentator (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jun 21 Pierre Lalonde, Canadian television host and singer (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 21 Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 21 Veijo Meri, Finnish author and poet (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 21 Remo Remotti, Italian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 21 Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, German soldier and politician (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 21 Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 21 Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 21 Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 21 Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1959)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 21 James P
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 21 Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (born 1920)
Historical Events 2012 Jun 21 A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas
Historical Events 2012 Jun 21 An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 21 Richard Adler, American composer and producer (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 21 Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 21 Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 21 Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (born 1915)
Notable Births 2011 Jun 21 Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (died 2019)
Notable Deaths 2011 Jun 21 Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2010 Jun 21 Russell Ash, English author (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2010 Jun 21 Irwin Barker, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2010 Jun 21 İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (born 1925)
Historical Events 2009 Jun 21 Greenland assumes self-rule
Notable Deaths 2008 Jun 21 Scott Kalitta, American race car driver (born 1962)
Notable Births 2007 Jun 21 Nanou Philips, Belgian ASMR social media personality
Notable Deaths 2007 Jun 21 Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (born 1918)
Historical Events 2006 Jun 21 Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra
Historical Events 2006 Jun 21 A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people
Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 21 Jared C
Historical Events 2005 Jun 21 Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mick
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 21 Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (born 1928)
Historical Events 2004 Jun 21 SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight
Notable Deaths 2004 Jun 21 Leonel Brizola, Brazilian engineer and politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2004 Jun 21 Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman (born 1916)
Notable Deaths 2003 Jun 21 Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2003 Jun 21 Leon Uris, American soldier and author (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2002 Jun 21 Timothy Findley, Canadian author and playwright (born 1930)
Historical Events 2001 Jun 21 A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers
Notable Births 2001 Jun 21 Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player
Notable Deaths 2001 Jun 21 John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2001 Jun 21 Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress and singer (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2001 Jun 21 Carroll O'Connor, American actor and producer (born 1924)
Historical Events 2000 Jun 21 Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repe
Notable Births 2000 Jun 21 Dylan Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
Notable Deaths 2000 Jun 21 Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (born 1911)
Selected Events 2000 Jun 21 President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, f

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