1748 in Canada
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Events
- Louisbourg is returned to FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. - Treaty of Aix-la-ChapelleTreaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 ended the War of the Austrian Succession following a congress assembled at the Imperial Free City of Aachen—Aix-la-Chapelle in French—in the west of the Holy Roman Empire, on 24 April 1748...
returns Ile Royale (Cape Breton IslandCape Breton IslandCape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
) and Ile Saint-Jean (Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
) 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 AllenHenry Allen (theologian)Henry Alline was born at Newport, Rhode Island, but afterwards settled in Nova Scotia. He served as a minister at Falmouth, Nova Scotia but the Congregationalists later barred him from preaching in their churches. He served as an itinerant preacher during the New Light movement...
, evangelist, hymnist, theologian (d.17841784 in Canada-Events:* August 16 -: In response to Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia.* 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...
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- James Henry CraigJames Henry CraigGeneral Sir James Henry Craig KB was a British military officer and colonial administrator.-Early life and military service:...
, officer, colonial administrator (d.18121812 in Canada-Events:* June 18 - The U.S. declares war on Britain, beginning the War of 1812. There are but 4,000 British troops in Canada. Sir George Prevost is Governor...
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