31 July 1856 July 31, 2015 Author: Staff The New Zealand city, Christchurch, is first chartered as a city. Famous Words of Inspiration..."You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Abraham Lincoln — Click here for more from Abraham Lincoln Related posts: 6 January 1941 30 March 1856 30 March 1856 24 January 1943 2 August 1939 2 August 1939 22 February 2011 18 November 1947 4 July 1569 22 February 2011 Categories: History Tags: 1856, 31 July