1799 in Canada
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Events
- 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"...
marries Charlotte SmallCharlotte SmallCharlotte Small was the Métis wife of explorer David Thompson . She was the daughter of North West Company partner Patrick Small and an unnamed Cree woman. Her siblings were also involved in the fur trade; Patrick Small, Jr... - 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...
establishes a fur post at Rocky Mountain House, AlbertaRocky Mountain House, AlbertaRocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada, approximately west of the City of Red Deer. It is located at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 and Highway 11 .- History :The town has a long history dating to the...
. The nearby 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...
fur post which is also established at this time is called Acton House. - Alexander Mackenzie resigns from 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...
- George VancouverGeorge VancouverCaptain George Vancouver RN was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon...
's Journeys to the North Pacific Ocean published in London - Handsome Lake, a Seneca chief, founds the Longhouse religion
- Russian-AmericanRussian-American CompanyThe Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
Fur Company chartered; launches aggressive policy in Aleutians and on Northwest Coast. - American competition for West Indies trade kills LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
's merchant fleet. - Alexander Baranov establishes RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n post known today as Old Sitka; trade charter grants exclusive trading rights to the Russian American Company. - VermontVermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
answers Indian chiefs, in Canada, that their claims were extinguished by treaties of 1763 and 1783 between France, Great Britain and the United States.
Births
- September 8 - Sir William YoungWilliam Young (politician)Sir William Young, KCB was a Nova Scotia politician and jurist.Born in Falkirk, the son of John Young and Agnes Renny, Young was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1836 as a Reformer and, as a lawyer, defended Reform journalists accused of libel...
, Premier of Nova ScotiaPremier of Nova ScotiaThe Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...
(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 30 - Ignace BourgetIgnace BourgetIgnace Bourget was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly...
, bishop of the Diocese of MontrealRoman Catholic Archdiocese of MontrealThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. The Archbishop of Montréal is Metropolitan of a province that includes the suffragan dioceses of Joliette, Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Saint-Jérôme, and Valleyfield...
(d.18851885 in CanadaEvents from the year 1885 in Canada.-Events:*March 26 - Louis Riel and the Métis battle the North-West Mounted Police at Duck Lake*April 24 - North-West Rebellion: Battle of Fish Creek fought between Canadian forces and the Métis...
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- Joseph CunardJoseph CunardJoseph Cunard was a merchant, shipbuilder and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1828 to 1833....
, merchant, shipbuilder and politician (d.18651865 in CanadaSee also:1864 in Canada,other events of 1865,1866 in Canada.----Events from the year 1865 in Canada.-Events:*February 3 - Legislature approves message to Crown for union of British North America provinces....
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Deaths
- January 15 - Alexander McKeeAlexander McKeeColonel Alexander McKee was an agent in the British Indian Department during the French and Indian War, the American Revolutionary War, and the Northwest Indian War....
, agent for the Indian DepartmentIndian DepartmentThe Indian Department was established in 1755 to oversee relations between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and those First Nations in British North America. At that time of its establishment it was a wing of the British Military.The department was initially led by...
(b.17351735 in Canada-Events:* Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau came to Fort St. Charles with Pierre La Vérendrye to carry out his duties as a missionary.-Full date unknown:* Alexander McKee, agent for the Indian Department -Deaths:...
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- Philip TurnorPhilip TurnorPhilip Turnor was a surveyor and cartographer for the Hudson's Bay Company.Turnor hired on for three years as an inland surveyor with the HBC and landed at York Factory in August, 1778...
, HBC inland surveyor (b.17511751 in Canada-Events:* Fort Le Jonquiere was established in 1751 by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre on the Saskatchewan River .-Deaths:...
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