Saint Antoine Daniel (died July 4, 1648) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Sainte-Marie among the Hurons was a 17th century French Jesuit mission in Wendake, the land of the Huron (Wendat) nation, located near modern Midland, Ontario. ... The Canadian Martyrs were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte_Marie among the Hurons, who were martyred in the 17th century in Canada. ...

Daniel travelled to New France in 1633 and studied the Wendat language. In 1634 he travelled to Wendake with Frs. Brébeuf and Daoust. New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... This article is about the First Nations people, the Wyandot, also known as the Huron. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... St. ...

Daniel spent most of his time at the village of Teanaostaye and Cahiaguie on Lake Couchiching. On his return to Teanaostaye in July of 1648, the village came under attack by Iroquois forces. Fr. Daniel, in an effort to cause a diversion, took up a cross and walked towards the advancing Iroquois, who cut him down with musket fire. Daniel's Wendat followers escaped with their lives. Lake Couchiching is a small lake in southern Ontario separated from Lake Simcoe by a narrow channel. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth-bore long gun. ...