2 November 1899
Balloonist Captain Lorraine lost at sea after an ascent from Lancaster Park.
![Balloonist Captain Lorraine shown in his first successful ascent in Christchurch [1899]](https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/disc6/IMG0077.jpg)
Riccarton (Deans) Bush presented to the city by the Deans family.
4 November 1876
Night cycle races held at Lancaster Park. The experiment was not a success – the gas illumination was completely inadequate.
4 November 1989
Record crowd of 60,000 at Lancaster Park to see Irish Rock Band U2.
5 November 1979
Regent Theatre gutted by fire.
6 November 1830
Te Rauparaha's war party massacres the inhabitants of Akaroa and returns to Kapiti Island.
6 November 1918
Beginning of the influenza epidemic which was eventually to kill 466 people in Christchurch.
![People using the inhalation chamber in the Government Buildings in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1918]](https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/IMG0052.jpg)
Last trolley bus runs.
More November events in the Christchurch chronology: a timeline of Christchurch events in chronological order from pre-European times to 1989.
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