Events

• Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye
  Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye
  Jean-Baptiste Gaultier de la Vérendrye was the eldest son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye and Marie-Anne Dandonneau Du Sablé...
  
   establishes Fort Maurepas (Canada) on the Red River about five leagues south of Lake Winnipeg
  Lake Winnipeg
  Lake Winnipeg is a large, lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, with its southern tip about north of the city of Winnipeg...
  
  , third of the main La Vérendrye posts. (St. Pierre on Rainy River; reactivated; Fort St. Charles
  Fort St. Charles
  Fort Saint Charles was a secure trading post constructed in 1732, one of several western forts built under the direction of military commander La Vérendrye...
  
   on Lake of the Woods
  Lake of the Woods
  Lake of the Woods is a lake occupying parts of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. It separates a small land area of Minnesota from the rest of the United States. The Northwest Angle and the town of Angle Township can only be reached from the rest of...
  
  .)

• A Montreal
  Montreal
  Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
  
   slave named Marie-Joseph Angelique
  Marie-Joseph Angélique
  Marie-Joseph Angélique was the name given by her last owners to a Portuguese-born black slave in New France . She was tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner's home, burning much of what is now referred to as Old Montreal...
  
   learns that she is to be sold to someone else. In an attempt to escape, she sets a fire in her mistress's house. The fire can not be contained, causing damage to half of Montreal. She is caught, tortured and hanged, bringing attention to the conditions of the slaves.

Deaths

• June 21 : Marie-Josèphe-Angélique, esclave accusée d'avoir provoqué l'incendie de Montréal.