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1788 In Canada
Events from the year 1788 in Canada. Incumbents * List of Canadian monarchs, Monarch: George III Governors * Governor General of the Province of Canada, Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester * List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick, Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton * Governor of Nova Scotia: John Parr (colonial governor), John Parr * Colonial Governor of Newfoundland, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot (Royal Navy officer), John Elliot * List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning (colonial administrator), Edmund Fanning 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. * Ontario is divided into five districts, under English law. Births * January 1 – Peter Warren Dease, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (d.1863 in Canada, 1863) * ... [...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] |
