Which Happened First?

Musket Wars

Musket Wars
Image: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1816-1854. · Public domain · source

The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand among Māori between 1806 and 1845, after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an intertribal arms race in order to gain territory or seek revenge for past defeats.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Battle of Jena–AuerstedtOctober 14, 1806
  2. Eighth Russo-Turkish War1806–1812
  3. Battle of FriedlandJune 14, 1807
  4. Gunboat War1807–1814
  5. Musket Wars (this page)1807–1842
  6. Battle of SomosierraNovember 30, 1808

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