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    Carl Sylvius Völkner (German pronunciation: [fœlknɐ]; c. 1819 – 2 March 1865) was a German-born Protestant missionary active in the North Island of New...
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  • Völkner or Volkner is a German-language surname and a derivative of the personal name Volk. It may refer to: Carl Sylvius Völkner (c. 1819 – 1865), German-born...
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    The Völkner incident describes the execution of the German-born Protestant missionary Carl Sylvius Völkner in New Zealand in 1865 by an independent Māori...
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  • Whakatohea iwi to the Pai Mārire creeds. German-born Lutheran missionary Carl Sylvius Volkner, who had lived in Opotiki for four years, was absent in Auckland...
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    Te Paepae o Aotea, also known the Volkner Rocks (named after Carl Sylvius Völkner), are a group of andesitic rock stacks and pinnacles located 5 kilometres...
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  • reflected this rejection of missionary Christianity. When the missionary Carl Sylvius Völkner was suspected of spying by Māori in 1865, the fact that he was a...
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  • 1796) 1864 – Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842) 1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819) 1880 – John Benjamin...
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    shot, hanged and decapitated the German-born Rev. Carl Sylvius Völkner. Following the so-called Völkner Incident, Tamihana separated himself from the Pai...
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  • Superintendent of Otago, businessman. Approximate (in Germany): Carl Sylvius Völkner, Protestant missionary. 9 or 19 January (in Ireland): William Travers...
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  • Opotiki on 2 March shot, hanged and decapitated the German-born Rev. Carl Sylvius Völkner. His head was taken to the local church, where his eyes were removed...
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