Events from the year 1880 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
*
Monarch –
Victoria
Federal government
*
Governor General –
John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who wa ...
*
Prime Minister –
John A. Macdonald
*
Chief Justice –
William Johnstone Ritchie (
New Brunswick)
*
Parliament –
4th
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* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
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Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
*
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –
Albert Norton Richards
Albert Norton Richards, (December 8, 1821 – March 6, 1897) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Leeds South in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1874. He served as the second Lieutenant ...
*
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon, (December 31, 1816 – February 23, 1885) was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, h ...
*
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –
Edward Barron Chandler
Edward Barron Chandler (August 22, 1800 – February 6, 1880) was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Chandler was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and moved to ...
(until February 6) then
Robert Duncan Wilmot (from February 11)
*
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
The lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia () is the viceregal representative in Nova Scotia of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealt ...
–
Adams George Archibald
*
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –
Donald Alexander Macdonald
Donald Alexander Macdonald (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician.
Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Upper Canada, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Ontar ...
(until July 1) then
John Beverley Robinson
*
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island () is the viceregal representative in Prince Edward Island of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the ...
–
Thomas Heath Haviland
*
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
The lieutenant governor of Quebec (; French (masculine): ''Lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec'', or (feminine): ''Lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec'') is the viceregal representative in Quebec of the , who operates distinctly within the province ...
–
Théodore Robitaille
Premiers
*
Premier of British Columbia –
George Anthony Walkem
*
Premier of Manitoba –
John Norquay
*
Premier of New Brunswick –
John James Fraser
*
Premier of Nova Scotia
The premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister to the lieutenant governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of ...
–
Simon Hugh Holmes
Simon Hugh Holmes (July 30, 1831 – October 14, 1919) was a Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer. He was the fourth premier of Nova Scotia from 1878 to 1882.
Holmes was born in Springville, Nova Scotia, in Pictou County. The son of ...
*
Premier of Ontario
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–
Oliver Mowat
*
Premier of Prince Edward Island –
William Wilfred Sullivan
*
Premier of Quebec –
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
*
Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin –
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon, (December 31, 1816 – February 23, 1885) was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, h ...
*
Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories
This is a list of historical lieutenant-governors of North-West Territories, Canada. The position of Lieutenant-Governor lasted from the acquisition of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory in 1869 to the creation of Alberta and Saskatc ...
–
David Laird
Events
*February 4 – Five members of the
Donnelly family are killed near
Lucan, Ontario
*February 14 – The wife of the governor general, The
Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, is seriously injured when the viceregal sleigh overturns on a Rudolph
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
street.
*March 25 –
George Brown George Brown may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
* George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
* George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
* G ...
fatally shot by a disgruntled employee
*May 4 –
Edward Blake becomes the new leader of the
Liberal Party of Canada
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*June 24 – "
O Canada" first performed
*July 16 – The
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is established
*October 9 – The United Kingdom gives Canada control of the
Arctic Archipelago
The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark).
Situated in the northern extremity of No ...
.
Full date unknown
*
Emily Stowe becomes the first woman doctor to practise medicine in Canada
*
Sanford Fleming becomes chancellor of
Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
**Queen's University of Belfast ...
*
Bell Canada
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in t ...
founded
*
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
(CPR). British-backed Canadian firm, headed by US railroad building genius (Sir
William Cornelius Van Horne) gets the deal: $25 million, , already completed sections free, all under-construction sections finished free, 20 year monopoly as only railway and 20-year control over rate-setting.
*''
The Varsity'', created.
Arts and literature
*March 6 – The
Royal Academy for the Arts is founded.
New books
*
Charles G.D. Roberts
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. He published various works on Canadian exploration and na ...
, ''Orion and Other Poems''
Births
*January 17 –
Mack Sennett, actor, producer, screenwriter and
film director
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(d.
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
)
*January 18 –
Richard Squires
Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG (January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.
As prime minister, Squires attempted to reform Newfoundland's fishing industry, but failed at ...
, politician and
Prime Minister of Newfoundland
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is current title of the first minister for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, which was at certain points in its history a colony, dominion, and province. The province had a system of re ...
(d.
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
*January ...
)
*March 22 –
Allison Dysart, politician, lawyer, judge and 21st
Premier of New Brunswick (d.
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
)
*April 13 –
Charles Christie
Charles Herbert Christie (April 13, 1882 – October 1, 1955) and Alfred Ernest Christie (November 23, 1886 – April 14, 1951) were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs.
Early life
Charles Herbert Christie was born between April 13, 1 ...
, motion picture studio owner (d.
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
)
*August 6 –
Leland Payson Bancroft
Leland Payson Bancroft (August 6, 1880 – February 27, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1921 as a Member of the Progressive Party for the riding of Selkirk. He was defeated in 1925 as a Lib ...
, politician (d.
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
)
*August 12 –
Jacob Penner, politician (d.
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
)
*August 14 –
Percival Molson, athlete and soldier (d.
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
)
*August 29 –
Marie-Louise Meilleur
Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur (née Chassé; August 29, 1880 – April 16, 1998) was a Canadian supercentenarian. Meilleur is the oldest validated Canadian ever and upon the death of longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment, became the world ...
, supercentenarian, the oldest validated Canadian ever (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
*October 12 –
Healey Willan
James Healey Willan (12 October 1880 – 16 February 1968) was an Anglo-Canadian organist and composer. He composed more than 800 works including operas, symphonies, chamber music, a concerto, and pieces for band, orchestra, organ, and ...
, organist and composer (d.
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
)
*October 27 –
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, businessman, politician and
Governor General of Canada (d.
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
)
Deaths
* January 19 –
James Westcott, American-born United States Senator from Florida from 1845 till 1849 (born
1802
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...
)
*February 6 –
Edward Barron Chandler
Edward Barron Chandler (August 22, 1800 – February 6, 1880) was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Chandler was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and moved to ...
, politician (b.
1800
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...
)
*May 9 –
George Brown George Brown may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
* George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
* George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
* G ...
, journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of the Confederation (b.
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London.
* January 2 – ...
)
*June 12 –
William Evan Price
William Evan Price (November 17, 1827 – June 12, 1880) was a businessman and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament representing Chicoutimi-Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.
Biography
He was born at the W ...
, businessman and politician (b.
1827
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The first regatta in Australia is held, taking place on Tasmania (called at the time ''Van Diemen's Land''), on the River Derwent at Hobart.
* January 15 – Furman University, founded in 1826, b ...
)
*October 8 –
Caleb Hopkins, farmer and politician (b.
1785
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first issue of the ''Daily Universal Register'', later known as ''The Times'', is published in London.
* January 7 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries tr ...
)
*October 18 –
Luc-Hyacinthe Masson
Luc-Hyacinthe Masson (August 16, 1811 – October 18, 1880) was a Quebec physician, businessman and political figure. He represented Soulanges in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member.
He was born in Saint-Benoît, Lower C ...
, physician, businessman and politician (b.
1811
Events
January–March
* January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana.
* January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón Brid ...
)
*December 8 –
Charles Fisher, politician and 1st
Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick (b.
1808
Events January–March
* January 1
** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...
)
*December 24 –
David Christie, politician (b.
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London.
* January 2 – ...
)
Historical documents
Statute creates
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
as government-supported private company for benefit of B.C. and N.W.T.
Chief Ocean Man and another
Nakoda (Stoney)
The Nakoda (also known as Stoney or ) are an Indigenous people in Western Canada and, originally, the United States.
They used to inhabit large parts of what is now Alberta, Saskatchewan and Montana, but their reserves are now located in Albe ...
describe attack on their people by
Gros Ventre and
Mandan from U.S. side of border
British order-in-council transfers
Arctic islands to Dominion of Canada
Editorial on complaints of French-Canadians
Walt Whitman calls
Thousand Islands most beautiful place on Earth
To avoid bankruptcy caused by westward expansion, Canada must declare independence
Britain gifts part of to U.S. for saving that Arctic exploration ship
Painting: Trapper approaches animal caught in
leghold trap
Animal trapping, or simply trapping or gin, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, the fur trade, hunting, pest control, and wildlife management.
History
Neolithi ...
[Harry Bullock-Webster]
"Got 'im at last; Fort McLeod 1880"
(Fort McLeod, B.C.). Accessed 27 June 2021
References
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