1797 in Canada
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Events
- An American, named McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet, on the glacis of the fortifications, at QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. (Note: possibly 1796) - David ThompsonDavid Thompson (explorer)David Thompson was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer"...
leaves Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
to join North West CompanyNorth West CompanyThe North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...
. - January 18 - A weekly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
- January 18 - This notice appears in the Quebec Gazette: "A mail for the upper counties, comprehending Niagara and Detroit, will be closed, at this office, on Monday, 30th instant, at four o'clock in the evening, to be forwarded, from Montreal, by the annual winter express, on Thursday, 2 February next."
Births
- April 2 - Joseph-François DebloisJoseph-François DebloisJoseph-François Deblois was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1797, the son of a merchant, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812...
, lawyer, judge and political figure (d.18601860 in CanadaSee also:1859 in Canada,other events of 1860,1861 in Canada.----Events from the year 1860 in Canada.-Events:*February 20 - 205 killed when the SS Hungarian is wrecked at Cape Sable, Nova Scotia...
) - May 2 - Abraham Pineo GesnerAbraham Pineo GesnerAbraham Pineo Gesner was a Canadian physician and geologist who invented kerosene. Although Ignacy Łukasiewicz developed the modern kerosene lamp, starting the world's oil industry, Gesner is considered a primary founder. Gesner was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia...
, physician and surgeon, geologist, and inventor (d.18641864 in CanadaSee also:1863 in Canada,other events of 1864,1865 in Canada.----Events from the year 1864 in Canada.-Events:*June 29 - A train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East...
) - June 29 - Frederic BaragaFrederic BaragaFrederic Baraga, Servant of God was a Slovene American Roman Catholic missionary, bishop, and grammarian.-Early life:Frederic Baraga was born as Friderik Irenej Baraga in the manor house at Mala Vas no...
, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and bishop (d.18681868 in CanadaSee also:1867 in Canada,other events of 1868,1869 in Canada.----Events from the year 1868 in Canada.-Incumbents:Crown*Head of state : Queen VictoriaFederal government...
) - August 22 - Augustin-Magloire BlanchetAugustin-Magloire BlanchetAugustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet was a French Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Pacific Northwest who served as the first bishop of the now-defunct Diocese of Walla Walla and of the Diocese of Nesqually...
, missionary (d.18871887 in Canada-Events:*January 25 - Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon becomes premier of Quebec, replacing John Jones Ross.*January 27 - Honoré Mercier becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon.*February 22 - Federal election: Sir John A...
) - October 4 - Charles-Séraphin RodierCharles-Séraphin Rodier (mayor)Charles-Séraphin Rodier was a Canadian merchant, lawyer, mayor of Montreal and legislative councillor of Quebec....
, mayor of MontrealMontrealMontreal 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...
(d.18761876 in Canada-Events:*February 1 - Andrew Elliott becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem*July 1 - The Intercolonial Railway connecting central Canada to the Maritimes is completed...
) - December 25 - Bernard Donald MacdonaldBernard Donald MacdonaldBernard Donald Macdonald was the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown, succeeding Bishop Bernard Angus MacEachern.Born in St...
, Roman Catholic priest, bishop, and school administrator (d.18591859 in CanadaSee also:1858 in Canada,other events of 1859,1860 in Canada.----Events from the year 1859 in Canada.-Events:*Abraham Shadd is elected to the town council in Raleigh, Ontario and becomes the first Black elected to public office....
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Deaths
- August 3 - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron AmherstJeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron AmherstField Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KCB served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.Amherst is best known as one of the victors of the French and Indian War, when he conquered Louisbourg, Quebec City and...
, army officer (b. 17171717 in Canada-Events:* Fort Kaministiquia was founded by French merchants to be the first in a series of forts reaching westward to expand trade and seek a route to the western sea. -Births:* January 29 - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer -Events:* Fort Kaministiquia was founded by French...
) - October 17 - Jean-François HubertJean-François HubertJean-François Hubert, , bishop of Quebec, trained at the Sulpician seminary in Montreal. He was taken under the protection of Bishop Dubreil and served for a time as the bishop's secretary....
, bishop of Quebec (b. 17391739 in Canada-Events:* Joseph La France begins to explore between Lake Superior and Hudson Bay.* Census of New France counts 42,801 inhabitants-Births:* February 23: Jean-François Hubert, bishop of Quebec...
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