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This is a timeline of the history of Canada. Canada is a nation of 31 million inhabitants occupying almost all of the northern half of the North American continent. ...


See also: Timeline of Ontario history, Timeline of Quebec history, Canadian incumbents by year Ontario came into being as a province of Canada in 1867. ... This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history both as part of the British Empire and the Dominion of Canada. ... Leaders by year State leaders Religious leaders Intl organization leaders Colonial governors Canadian incumbents British incumbents German rulers US state governors Canadian incumbents in any given year. ...


Pre-Confederation Timeline

See also: ADs in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events c. ... See also: BCs in Canada, 11th century in Canada, 15th century in Canada, 16th century in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events c. ... See also: ADs in Canada, other events of the 2nd millennium, 15th century in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events c. ... See also: 11th century in Canada, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1472 AD: João Vaz Corte-Real, a Portuguese explorer possibly reaches Newfoundland. ... See also: 15th century in Canada, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events c. ... See also: 16th century in Canada, other events of the 1600s, 1610s in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1600s in Canada, other events of the 1610s, 1620s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1610-11: The English explorer Henry Hudson, in Dutch service, continues the fruitless search for a passage to Asia. ... See also: 1610s in Canada, other events of the 1620s, 1630s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1620: Pilgrims from England arrive in Plymouth. ... See also: 1620s in Canada, other events of the 1630s, 1640s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1631: Charles de la Tour builds Fort La Tour (a. ... See also: 1630s in Canada, other events of the 1640s, 1650s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events c. ... See also: 1640s in Canada, other events of the 1650s, 1660s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1649-64: the Beaver Wars: Encouraged by the English, and the need for more beaver for trade (their own area being hunted out), Haudenosee (Iroquois) make war on Hurons... See also: 1650s in Canada, other events of the 1660s, 1670s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1649-64: the Beaver Wars: Encouraged by the English, and the need for more beaver for trade (their own area being hunted out), Haudenosee (Iroquois) make war on Hurons... See also: 1660s in Canada, other events of the 1670s, 1680s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1670: Charles II (England) charters Hudsons Bay Company in London. ... See also: 1670s in Canada, other events of the 1680s, 1690s in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1682: Robert Cavelier, sieur de la Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River and claims the entire Mississippi Valley for France, naming the area Louisiana. ... See also: 1680s in Canada, 1700 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1690: Sent by Massachusetts, Sir William Phips captures Port Royal (May 11). ... See also: 1690s in Canada, 1701 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events By now, it is clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient. ... See also: 1700 in Canada, 1702 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Detroit, Michigan founded as Fort Pontchartrain du détroit by Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac. ... See also: 1701 in Canada, 1703 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Having begun in Europe in 1701, the War of the Spanish Succession spreads to North America (Queen Annes War) in Acadia and New England. ... See also: 1702 in Canada, 1704 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1703 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1703 in Canada, 1705 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events French forces destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland. ... See also: 1704 in Canada, 1706 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1705 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1705 in Canada, 1707 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1706 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1706 in Canada, 1708 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Port Royal is attacked twice by the English from Massachusetts. ... See also: 1707 in Canada, 1709 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1708 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1708 in Canada, 1710 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events In New France, slavery becomes legal. ... See also: 1709 in Canada, 1711 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia. ... See also: 1710 in Canada, 1712 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1711-13 - Tuscarora War on North Carolina frontier fought between British settlers and Tuscarora Indians. ... See also: 1711 in Canada, 1713 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1712-34 - Fox resistance against the French in the Great Lakes area. ... See also: 1712 in Canada, 1714 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The Treaty of Utrecht. ... See also: 1713 in Canada, 1715 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1714 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1714 in Canada, 1716 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1715 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1715 in Canada, 1717 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1716 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1716 in Canada, 1718 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1717 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1717 in Canada, 1719 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: Historical stubs | 1718 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1718 in Canada, 1720 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Construction of Fortress Louisbourg by the French begins on Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island). ... See also: 1719 in Canada, 1721 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast. ... See also: 1720 in Canada, 1722 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 800 Acadians take oath of allegiance to the French. ... Bold textI read Dave Pwlzers book namd a child called it, and wasnt shocked because Ive heard worse stories. ... See also: 1722 in Canada, 1724 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1723 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1723 in Canada, 1725 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1724 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1724 in Canada, 1726 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Peter the Great sends Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific. ... See also: 1725 in Canada, 1727 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1726 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1726 in Canada, 1728 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1727 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1727 in Canada, 1729 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait. ... See also: 1728 in Canada, 1730 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Natchez fight French -- at Fort Rosalie, when French governor Sieur Chepart tells them they must abandon the Temple Mound Great Village and move (as laborers) to his plantation. ... See also: 1729 in Canada, 1731 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Mirror sextant invented. ... See also: 1730 in Canada, 1732 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1731-43: The La Verendrye family organize expeditions beyond Lake Winnipeg and direct fur trade toward the east. ... See also: 1731 in Canada, 1733 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1732 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1732 in Canada, 1734 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Vitus Berings second expedition, with George Wilhelm Steller aboard, the first naturalist to visit Alaska. ... See also: 1733 in Canada, 1735 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Jemeraye establishes Fort Maurepas on Lake Winnipeg, third of the Verendry posts (St. ... See also: 1734 in Canada, 1736 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1735 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1735 in Canada, 1737 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1736 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1736 in Canada, 1738 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Marguerite dYouville (Born Varennes, France October 15, 1701 Died December 28, 1771) and some friends in Montreal, begin taking in the poor and educating abandoned children. ... See also: 1737 in Canada, 1739 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Smallpox strikes the Cherokee in the Southeast, killing almost half the population. ... See also: 1738 in Canada, 1740 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1739 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1739 in Canada, 1741 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1740s: The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish. ... See also: 1740 in Canada, 1742 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Vitus Bering, in service of Russia, reaches Alaska; Russians soon trade with natives for sea otter pelts. ... See also: 1741 in Canada, 1743 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events First scientific report on the North Pacific fur seal. ... See also: 1742 in Canada, 1744 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Concentrated hunting of sea otter by Russia begins. ... See also: 1743 in Canada, 1745 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events France declares war on England (March 15) Treaty of Lancaster (English-Iroquois). ... See also: 1744 in Canada, 1746 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Louisbourg surrenders to English after six-week siege (June 17). ... See also: 1745 in Canada, 1747 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Typhoid fever epidemic breaks out among the Micmac of Nova Scotia. ... See also: 1746 in Canada, 1748 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Marguerite dYouville (Born Varennes, France October 1701 Died December 28, 1771) founds the Sisters of Charity or the Grey Nuns of Montreal. ... See alShawneso: 1747 in Canada, 1749 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Louisbourg is returned to France by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. ... See also: 1748 in Canada, 1750 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1749 in Canada, 1751 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1750 in Canada, 1752 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Fort La Jonquierre built by Saint-Pierre for Verendryes, at foot of Canadian Rockies. ... See also: 1751 in Canada, 1753 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1752 in Canada, 1754 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1753 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1753 in Canada, 1755 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1754-63 - French and Indian War (the colonial phase of Europes Seven Years War). ... See also: 1754 in Canada, 1756 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1755-75 - William Johnson, British superintendent of Indian affairs in the northern colonies, persuades the Iroquois League to break its neutrality and side with France. ... See also: 1755 in Canada, 1757 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events France sends two battalions to Canada, with provisions, and 1,300,000 livres, in specie, which has the effect of depreciating the paper currency by 25 per cent. ... See also: 1756 in Canada, 1758 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Thursday March 17 to Tuesday March 22 - In four nights 1,500 French Canadians and Indians destroy the out-works of Fort William-Henry. ... See also: 1757 in Canada, 1759 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Saturday July 8 - General Abercrombie, with 15,390 men, attacks 3,600 French and Canadian troops entrenched and barricaded at Fort Ticonderoga. ... See also: 1758 in Canada, 1760 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Tuesday May 22 - A British fleet approaches Quebec. ... See also: 1759 in Canada, 1761 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Sunday April 20 - Seven thousand French troops start to recapture Quebec. ... GeorgSee also: 1760 in Canada, 1762 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Wednesday July 29 - The British terms of peace are so hard that Choiseul declares: I am as indifferent to peace as Pitt can be. ... See also: 1761 in Canada, 1763 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Wednesday November 3 - According to the preliminaries of peace, signed at Fontainebleau, England is to have, with certain West Indies, Florida, Louisiana, to the Mississippi River (without New Orleans), Canada, Acadia, Cape Breton and... See also: 1762 in Canada, 1764 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1763-1820 The Conquest: French defeated. ... See also: 1763 in Canada, 1765 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1764-65: The Sugar Act and Stamp Act, by which Britain aims to recover revenue from the American colonies, arouses local opposition. ... See also: 1764 in Canada, 1766 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The Stamp Act increases discontent. ... See also: 1765 in Canada, 1767 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events March 18 - The Stamp Act is repealed. ... See also: 1766 in Canada, 1768 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births Deaths Categories: 1767 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1767 in Canada, 1769 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Guy Carleton succeeds Murray as governor of Quebec. ... See also: 1768 in Canada, 1770 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The American colonies begin their westward expansion, settling Tennessee. ... See also: 1769 in Canada, 1771 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events March 5 - British troops in Boston fire on civilians, and five die in the Boston Massacre. ... See also: 1770 in Canada, 1772 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Captain James Cook completes his first voyage around the world. ... See also: 1771 in Canada, 1773 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Samuel Hearne explores Coppermine River to Arctic Ocean. ... See also: 1772 in Canada, 1774 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The Boston Tea Party protests the Tea Act. ... See also: 1773 in Canada, 1775 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events September 4 - Delegates from twelve colonies discuss measures for common safety, at Philadelphia. ... See also: 1774 in Canada, 1776 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1775-83: Demands by the American colonists that they be represented in the English Parliament lead to the American Revolution. ... See also: 1775 in Canada, 1777 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1776-77 - Capt. ... See also: 1776 in Canada, 1778 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events July 4 - Near Fort Ticonderoga, General Burgoyne offers condonement if colonists lay down their arms. ... See also: 1777 in Canada, 1779 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events British Captain James Cook explores Alaskan coast, seeking Northwest Passage back to the Atlantic. ... See also: 1778 in Canada, 1780 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events At a Parliamentary investigation, General Burgoyne charges failure to the Canadian forces and to St. ... See also: 1779 in Canada, 1781 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events May 19 - At 2:00 P.M. complete darkness falls on New England and parts of eastern Canada. ... See also: 1780 in Canada, 1782 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events February 2 - Ethan Allen receives a further proposal from Col. ... See also: 1781 in Canada, 1783 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1782-83: A smallpox epidemic hits the Sanpoil of Washington. ... See also: 1782 in Canada, 1784 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The North West Company is formed. ... See also: 1783 in Canada, 1785 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1784-: North West Company Built up Grand portage as a general summer rendezvous for all companies and free traders, drawing furs from as far as Oregon and the Arctic Circle. ... See also: 1784 in Canada, 1786 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Introduction of Power loom in England for weaving cloth North West Company Strengthened far west trade through such forts as Athabasca and English River. ... See also: 1785 in Canada, 1787 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland allowed to import goods from the United States Gerassin Pribilof discovers the rookeries on the islands now know as the Pribilofs. ... See also: 1786 in Canada, 1788 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events HBC David Thompson wintered with Piegans on Bow River. ... See also: 1787 in Canada, 1789 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Attorney-General Monk and Solicitor-General Williams are of opinion that, as the Jesuits have no civil existence as a Canadian corporation, their estates accrue to the Crown. ... See also: 1788 in Canada, 1790 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1789-93 - Alexander Mackenzie of Canada, seeking northern river route to the Pacific, travels to the Arctic Ocean; on second journey he crosses continent by land, making contact with many tribes. ... See also: 1789 in Canada, 1791 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events British Captain George Vancouver begins his three-year survey of northwest coast of North America Spain signs the Nootka Convention, ceding the Pacific Northwest to England and the United States. ... See also: 1790 in Canada, 1792 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1791-95 - British Captain George Vancouver explores Northwest Coast exhaustively with two ships, but finds no Northwest Passage. ... See also: 1791 in Canada, 1793 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov. ... See also: 1792 in Canada, 1794 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Alexander Mackenzie reaches Pacific Ocean at Bella Coola David Thompson surveys Muskrat Country west of Hudson Bay. ... See also: 1793 in Canada, 1795 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1794 - Baranov builds first vessel in northwestern America at Voskres-senski on Kenai. ... See also: 1794 in Canada, 1796 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events 1790s - British create protective tariffs to encourage timber production for Navy after Napoléon Bonaparte cuts off Baltic supply of tall trees and hardwood. ... See also: 1795 in Canada, 1797 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events About 600 Blacks from Jamaica are deported to Nova Scotia. ... See also: 1796 in Canada, 1798 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events An American, named McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet, on the glacis of the fortifications, at Quebec. ... See also: 1797 in Canada, 1799 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1798 in Canada, 1800 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events David Thompson marries Charlotte Small Alexander Mackenzie resigns from North West Company George Vancouvers Journeys to the North Pacific Ocean published in London Handsome Lake, a Seneca chief, founds the Longhouse religion Russian... See also: 1799 in Canada, 1802 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Spain cedes Louisiana back to France. ... See also: 1800 in Canada, 1802 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events David Thompson attempts to cross Rocky Mountains. ... See also: 1801 in Canada, 1803 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The Tlingit start resisting Russian incursions into their territory. ... See also: 1802 in Canada, 1804 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Thomas Jefferson completes Louisiana Purchase extending U.S. control west of the Mississippi River; federal plans to resettle Eastern tribes beyond the Mississippi soon begin. ... See also: 1803 in Canada, 1805 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events David Thompson works in Peace River country. ... See also: 1804 in Canada, 1806 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats French at Battle of Trafalgar. ... See also: 1805 in Canada, 1807 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Minor trouble arises after 1806 when a governor attempts to anglicize Lower Canada, but he is able to quell dissent if not to achieve his goal. ... See also: 1806 in Canada, 1808 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The slave trade is abolished in the British Empire, although slavery continues in the colonies. ... See also: 1807 in Canada, 1809 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1808 in Canada, 1810 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events November 3 - John Molsons steam-boat Accommodation starts for Quebec City. ... See also: 1809 in Canada, 1811 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January - A Governor declares that, in case of hostilities, a force of regulars, adequate for the defence of Canada, will cooperate with the Militia. ... See also: 1810 in Canada, 1812 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events John Jacob Astors Pacific Fur Company establishes a post at mouth of the Columbia River. ... See also: 1811 in Canada, 1813 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events June 18 - The U.S. declares war on Britain, beginning the War of 1812. ... See also: 1812 in Canada, 1814 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 22 - General Henry Proctors 1,300 British and Indians capture 495 U.S. troops, under General Winchester. ... See also: 1813 in Canada, 1815 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events March 3 - The Governor refuses to suspend Chief Justices Sewell and Monk, on suggestion of one branch of the Legislature. ... See also: 1814 in Canada, 1816 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January - Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent, Gen. ... See also: 1815 in Canada, 1817 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 5 - Sir George Prevost dies before consideration of Commodore Yeos charges; but the Duke of Wellington says: He must have returned, after the fleet was beaten, I am inclined to think he... See also: 1816 in Canada, 1818 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events February 4 - Francois Page petitions for monopoly of navigation of Lower Canadian Rivers, by an invention of which he produces a model. ... See also: 1817 in Canada, 1819 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1818 in Canada, 1820 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Cape Breton is annexed to Nova Scotia. ... See also: 1819 in Canada, 1821 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1820 in Canada, 1822 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events July 17 - The Canal from Montreal to Lachine is begun. ... See also: 1821 in Canada, 1823 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Louis-Joseph Papineau, a member of the legislative assembly since 1814, travels from Montreal to England to oppose an Act of Union identifying the French Canadians as a minority without language rights. ... See also: 1822 in Canada, 1824 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events May 10 - Louis-Joseph Papineau and John Neilson are in London to present a petition of 60,000 signatures against favouring Union of the colonies October 7 - October 14 - At a meeting, in Montreal... See also: 1823 in Canada, 1825 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The first Welland Canal is begun, partly in response to American initiatives in the Erie Canal. ... See also: 1824 in Canada, 1826 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 2 - The Parliament House, at Toronto, is burned. ... See also: 1825 in Canada, 1827 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events June 8 - A mob of the ruling party, the Family Compact, destroy the Colonial Advocates press at York. ... See also: 1826 in Canada, 1828 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Births January 3 - Letitia Youmans, temperance advocate January 7 - Sandford Fleming, inventor April 16 - Octave Crémazie, poet August 22 - Ezra Eddy, businessman James McIntyre, poet Deaths Categories: 1827 | Years in Canada ... See also: 1827 in Canada, 1829 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events William Lyon Mackenzie elected to the Assembly with the first Reform majority. ... See also: 1828 in Canada, 1830 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events November 30 - Welland Canal completed. ... See also: 1829 in Canada, 1831 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Influenza epidemic strikes tribes of British Columbia. ... See also: 1830 in Canada, 1832 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events A charter for a railway, from La Prairie, Quebec to St. ... See also: 1831 in Canada, 1833 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 1 - William Lyon Mackenzie readmited to the Legislative Assembly after being expelled March - Attempted assassination of William Lyon Mackenzie at Hamilton. ... See also: 1832 in Canada, 1834 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1833 in Canada, 1835 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January - King the Canadas. ... See also: 1834 in Canada, 1836 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1835 in Canada, 1837 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Opening of Canadas first railway line, from St. ... See also: 1836 in Canada, 1838 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events British attempts to unite the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada lead to revolt. ... See also: 1837 in Canada, 1839 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January - Samuel Lount captured. ... See also: 1838 in Canada, 1840 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Lord Durhams report recommends the establishment of responsible government and the union of Upper and Lower Canada to speed the assimilation of French-speaking Canadians. ... See also: 1839 in Canada, 1841 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events May 6 - Postage stamps come into use. ... See also: 1840 in Canada, 1842 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events February 10 - An Act of Union unites Upper and Lower Canada as the Province of Canada. ... See also: 1841 in Canada, 1843 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1842 in Canada, 1844 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 19 - Mount Allison University is founded December 9 - Bishops University is founded Fort Victoria built by British to strengthen their claim to Vancouver Island. ... See also: 1843 in Canada, 1845 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events March 5 - The Toronto Globe is founded by George Brown May 10 - Government removes from Kingston to Montreal. ... See also: 1844 in Canada, 1846 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1845 in Canada, 1847 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events British Prime Minister Robert Peel announces Free Trade, ending old Colonial mercantile trade system. ... See also: 1846 in Canada, 1848 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 30 - Lord Elgin, Governor, arrives at Montreal. ... See also: 1847 in Canada, 1849 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 2 - Maple sugar is made in St. ... See also: 1848 in Canada, 1850 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1849 in Canada, 1851 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 14 - Malcolm Cameron visits Washington, DC about a trade reciprocity agreement. ... See also: 1850 in Canada, 1852 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events April 7 - The first Canadian postage stamps are printed April 25 - Prince Edward Island wins responsible government June - Harbor Commissioners deepen Lake St. ... See also: 1851 in Canada, 1853 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 15 - Trinity College opens July 8 - Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal. ... See also: 1852 in Canada, 1854 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events February 23 - A description of the proposed bridge across the St. ... See also: 1853 in Canada, 1855 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 27 - The Great Western Railway opens June 6 - The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty is signed October 27 - A Great Western Railway passenger train collides with the tail end of gravel train at Baptiste... See also: 1854 in Canada, 1856 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events January 1 - Bytown is renamed Ottawa. ... See also: 1855 in Canada, 1857 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Formation of the British Methodist Episcopal Church (BME), an all Black church. ... See also: 1856 in Canada, 1858 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1857 in Canada, 1859 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1858 in Canada, 1860 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events Abraham Shadd is elected to the town council in Raleigh, Ontario and becomes the first Black elected to public office. ... See also: 1859 in Canada, 1861 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events June 27 - The first Queens Plate race is held in Toronto August 25 - Montreals Victoria Bridge opens September 1: The construction of the Canadian House of Commons began. ... See also: 1860 in Canada, 1862 in Canada and the list of years in Canada Events April 14 - A major flood hits Montreal April 15 - Nova Scotia: resolution for provincial union by Joseph Howe for referral to the other British North American provinces in July. ... See also: 1861 in Canada, 1863 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events The first female student was accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the Northwest Coast, killing an estimated 200,000 Indian... See also: 1862 in Canada, 1864 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... See also: 1863 in Canada, 1865 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events June 29 - An train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East. ... See also: 1864 in Canada, 1866 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... Events June 2: Battle of Ridgeway, Irish invade Canada, giving Irish republicans at home a greater advantage over the British back home December 4: London Conference, conference on resolutions discussed in 1864, to be added to the British North America Act North wins Civil War with large manufacturing growth, large... See also: 1866 in Canada, 1868 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ...

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