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1784 In Canada
Events from the year 1784 in Canada. Incumbents *Monarch: George III Governors * Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand * Governor of Nova Scotia: * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron * Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson Events * August 16 -: In response to Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia. New Brunswick was then divided into eight counties. * 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. * David Thompson begins apprenticeship on Hudson Bay * James Cook's journal of his last voyage published in London * Ward Chipman the Elder, a Massachusetts lawyer, settled in New Brunswick, where he served as solicitor general until 1808. * Butler's Rangers were disbanded in June 1784, and its veterans were given land grants in the Nassau District, now the Niagara region of Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Monarchs
Listed here are the monarchs who reigned over Canada, starting with the Canada (New France), French colony of Canada which subsequently became a The Canadas, British colony, followed by the British Dominion of Canada, and finally the present-day sovereign state of Canada. The date of the first claim by a monarch over Canada varies, with most sources giving the year as 1497, when John Cabot made landfall somewhere on the North American coast (likely either modern-day Newfoundland or Nova Scotia), and claimed the land for England on behalf of Henry VII of England, King Henry VII. However, some sources instead put this date at 1535 when the word "Canada" was first used to refer to the French Canada (New France), colony of Canada, which was founded in the name of Francis I of France, King Francis I. Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. Since the first claim by Henry VII, there have be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cook
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the St. Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec, which brought him to the attention of the Admiralty and the Royal Society. This acclaim came at a crucial moment for the direction of British overseas exploration, and it led to his commission in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1784 In Canada
Events from the year 1784 in Canada. Incumbents *Monarch: George III Governors * Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand * Governor of Nova Scotia: * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron * Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson Events * August 16 -: In response to Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia. New Brunswick was then divided into eight counties. * 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. * David Thompson begins apprenticeship on Hudson Bay * James Cook's journal of his last voyage published in London * Ward Chipman the Elder, a Massachusetts lawyer, settled in New Brunswick, where he served as solicitor general until 1808. * Butler's Rangers were disbanded in June 1784, and its veterans were given land grants in the Nassau District, now the Niagara region of Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Coughlan
Laurence Coughlan (?-1784?) was an Irish-born itinerant preacher who was active in Newfoundland during the period 1766–1773. Though born a Roman Catholic, ordained and employed as an Anglican, and at one point even ordained by a Greek Orthodox bishop, his true religious affiliation was Methodism, to which he converted in the 1750s. Coughlan is regarded as a founder of the Methodist Church in Newfoundland (later incorporated into the United Church of Canada). In the years after his conversion, Coughlan served as a lay preacher in England and Ireland, and for a time was a close associate of Methodist founder John Wesley. However, Coughlan's subjective, enthusiastic, emotional, and feeling-based approach to his faith and ministry later led Wesley to distance himself from him. This was exacerbated by Coughlan's ordination in 1764, along with several other Methodists, by a certain Erasmus, said to be a Greek Orthodox bishop. In the 1760s a group in the Harbour Grace, Newfoundland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1709 In Canada
Events from the year 1709 in Canada. Incumbents * French Monarch: Louis XIV * British and Irish Monarch: Anne Governors *Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil * Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase * Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville * Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle Events * In New France, slavery becomes legal. Getivagen attacks Canada. Births * September 7 ( O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784) * September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772) Deaths * August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616) * September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632) Historical documents Intendant's ordinance proclaims Panis and Blacks who have been purchased are property to be known as slaves (Note: "savages" used) "Inhabitants remaining ..re in a ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, he attended Pembroke College, Oxford until lack of funds forced him to leave. After working as a teacher, he moved to London and began writing for ''The Gentleman's Magazine''. Early works include ''Life of Mr Richard Savage'', the poems ''London'' and ''The Vanity of Human Wishes'' and the play ''Irene''. After nine years' effort, Johnson's '' A Dictionary of the English Language'' appeared in 1755, and was acclaimed as "one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship". Later work included essays, an annotated ''The Plays of William Shakespeare'', and the apologue ''The History of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1748 In Canada
Events from the year 1748 in Canada. Incumbents * French Monarch: Louis XV * British and Irish Monarch: George II Governors *Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière * Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial *Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Charles Watson Events * Louisbourg is returned to France by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. * Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle returns Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island) and Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) to French. * Treaty of Logstown (English with Shawnee, Delaware, Wyandot). English later base their claim to the whole Great Lakes and midwest (or Old Northwest as it was later called) on these two treaties. Births * June 14: Henry Allen, evangelist, hymnist, theologian (d.1784) Full date unknown * James Henry Craig, officer, colonial administrator (d.1812) Deaths Historical documents Paul Mascarene's lengthy summar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Allen (theologian)
Henry Alline (pronounced Allen) (June 14, 1748 – February 2, 1784) was a minister, evangelist, and writer who became known as "the Apostle of Nova Scotia." Born at Newport, Rhode Island. He became a New England Planter and served as an itinerant preacher throughout Maritime Canada and Northeastern New England from 1776 to 1784. His ministry coincided with the Second Great Awakening, and he became the leader of the New Light movement in the Maritimes. Later in life, he caught the attention of renowned theologian John Wesley. Alline is Canada's most prolific 18th-century writer. His journal is considered a classic of North American spiritualism, and he is Canada's first great Protestant and one of its most important theological writers. He died at 35 and is buried at North Hampton, New Hampshire. Historical context The early 1740s to 1784 was a period struggle for hegemony of North America by Britain, significant religious upheaval in northeastern North America, and ultimatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 In Canada
Events from the year 1857 in Canada. Incumbents *Monarch — Victoria Federal government *Parliament — 5th Governors *Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head *Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling *Governor of New Brunswick — John Manners-Sutton *Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant *Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly Premiers *Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — ** , Canada West Premier ** , Canada East Premier ** , *Premier of Newfoundland — Philip Francis Little *Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher *Premier of Nova Scotia — William Young *Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl Events *March 12 — Desjardins Canal disaster - The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die. *Grand Trunk Railway (Windsor-Montreal) completed, but $7 million in debt. *December 31 - Queen V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLoughlin
John McLoughlin, baptized Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin, (October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857) was a French-Canadian, later American, Chief Factor and Superintendent of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver from 1824 to 1845. He was later known as the "Father of Oregon" for his role in assisting the American cause in the Oregon Country. In the late 1840s, his general store in Oregon City was famous as the last stop on the Oregon Trail. Early days McLoughlin was born in October 1784 in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, and was of Scottish and French Canadian descent. He lived with his great uncle, Colonel William Fraser, for a while as a child. Though baptized Roman Catholic, he was raised Anglican. In his later life, he returned to the Roman Catholic faith. In 1798, he began to study medicine under Sir James Fisher of Quebec. McLoughlin was granted a license to practice medicine in Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1803. He evidently completed his course, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 In Canada
Events from the year 1854 in Canada. Incumbents *Monarch — Victoria Federal government *Parliament — 4th then 5th Governors *Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Edmund Walker Head *Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling *Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head, John Manners-Sutton *Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant *Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly Premiers *Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — **Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier **Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier *Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher *Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke *Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl Events *January 27 – The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor. *June 6 – The Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty is signed *October 27 – A Great Western Railway passenger train collides with the tail e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet
Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet (21 June 1784 – 19 September 1854) was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras from 1814 to 1822 and of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania) from 1823 to 1836. The campaign against Aboriginal Tasmanians, known as the Black War, occurred during this term of office. He later served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1838 to 1841, and Governor of Bombay from 1842 to 1846. Early life George Arthur was born in Plymouth, England. He was the youngest son of John Arthur, from a Cornish family, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cornish. He entered the army in 1804 as an ensign and was promoted lieutenant in June 1805. He served during the Napoleonic Wars, including Sir James Craig's expedition to Italy in 1806. In 1807 he went to Egypt, and was severely wounded in the attack upon Rosetta. He recuperated and was promoted to captain under Sir James Kempt in Sicily in 1808, and participated in the Walcheren expedition in 1809. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
