1747 in Canada
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Events
- Marguerite d'Youville (Born Varennes, France October 1701 Died December 28, 1771) founds the Sisters of Charity or the Grey Nuns of Montreal.
- At Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, a surprise mid-winter attack is launched about three o'clock on the morning of 11 February 1747 on Col. Arthur Noble's detachment of British troops from Massachusetts, by a French and Indian force under Nicholas Antoine Coulon de Villiers. Noble and about 70 of his men were killed.
Deaths
- January 18: Michel Bégon, commissary of the Marine, councillor in the parlement of Metz, France, inspector general of the Marine, intendant of New France, intendant of Le Havre, of the admiralty of Normandy, and of naval forces (b.16671667 in Canada-Events:* 1667 First census of New France records 668 families, totalling 3,215 non-native inhabitants.* France, England and the Netherlands sign the Breda Treaty in July and with this England gives Acadia to France.-Births:...
) - August 8: Madeleine de VerchèresMadeleine de VerchèresMarie-Madeleine Jarret de Verchères was the daughter of a François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot. Her ingenuity is credited with thwarting a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old....
, daughter of a François Jarret, a seigneur in New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
, and Marie Perrot (b.1678)