The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.

• 1848年的今天，装载着首批苏格兰移民的约翰·威克利菲号船抵达纽西兰达尼丁的查尔莫斯港。奥塔哥省成立。