1809 in Canada
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Events
- On August 17, the foundation of Nelson's Column, MontrealNelson's Column, MontrealNelson's Column is a monument in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Installed on the Place Jacques-Cartier in 1809, Nelson's column was the second monument to be erected in Montreal.- History :...
is laid - November 3: John MolsonJohn MolsonJohn Molson was an English-speaking Quebecer who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.-Birth and early life:...
's steamboat, Accommodation, starts for Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
. It is 85 feet (25.9 m) overall, has a 6 hp engine, and makes the distance in 36 hours, but stops at night and reaches Quebec on November 6. The Accommodation is the second steamboat in America, and probably the world. - From 1809 to 1811, TecumsehTecumsehTecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
, Shawnee chief, and the Prophet campaign to unite tribes of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Southeast against the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. His brother TenskwatawaTenskwatawaTenskwatawa, was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as The Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was the brother of Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee...
, the Shawnee Prophet, is defeated at the Battle of TippecanoeBattle of TippecanoeThe Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa were leaders of a confederacy of...
in 1811. - Napoleon's continental blockade cuts British access to Scandinavian timber.
- The 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...
builds Fort GibraltarFort GibraltarIn the early 19th century fur-trading was the main industry of Western Canada. Two companies had an intense competition over the trade. The first, the Hudson's Bay Company was a London, England-based organization. The second, the North West Company was based in Montreal...
. The fort was erected in the vicinity of the 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...
's continental headquarters of Fort DouglasFort Douglas (Canada)Fort Douglas was a fort of the Hudson's Bay Company that was built by Scottish and Irish settlers in 1812 in what is today Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was in the immediate vicinity of the North West Company establishment, Fort Gibraltar...
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Births
- January 31 - Lemuel Allan WilmotLemuel Allan WilmotLemuel Allan Wilmot was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.Born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, the son of William Wilmot and Hannah Bliss, Wilmot was educated at the Fredericton grammar school and at King’s College. He started articling law in 1825, became an attorney in 1830, and was...
, lawyer, politician, judge, and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New BrunswickLieutenant Governor of New BrunswickThe Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick or Lieutenante-gouverneure du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada...
(d.18781878 in Canada-Events:*March 7 - Both the Université de Montréal and the University of Western Ontario are incorporated*March 8 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville...
) - March 27 - Jean-Louis BeaudryJean-Louis BeaudryJean-Louis Beaudry was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician. Beaudry served as mayor of Montreal three times, from 1862 to 1866, from 1877 to 1879, and from 1881 to 1885 for a total time served as mayor of ten years....
, entrepreneur, politician and 11th Mayor of MontrealMayor of MontrealThe Mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of Montreal City Council.The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and provincial laws within Montreal....
(d.18861886 in Canada-Events:*March 25 - Workman's Compensation Act passed in Ontario*April 6 - Vancouver incorporated as a city*April 26 - New Brunswick general election, 1886*June 6 - The Parliament buildings open in Ottawa...
) - May 15 - Pierre-Eustache DostalerPierre-Eustache DostalerPierre-Eustache Dostaler was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1858 and from 1861 to 1863....
, farmer and politician (d.18841884 in Canada-Events:*January 2 - "Humber Railway Disaster" 32 men and boys were killed upon the head on collision of a of a Grand Trunk Railway commuter train with an unscheduled freight train #42C near Toronto, Ontario...
) - June 15 - François-Xavier GarneauFrançois-Xavier GarneauFrançois-Xavier Garneau was a nineteenth century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.Born in Quebec City, Garneau argued that Conquest was a tragedy, the consequence...
, notary, civil servant, poet and historian (d.18661866 in CanadaSee also:1865 in Canada,other events of 1866,1867 in Canada.----Events from the year 1866 in Canada.-Events:*May–June - The 1866 New Brunswick election...
) - July 25 - Jonathan McCullyJonathan McCullyJonathan McCully was a participant at the Confederation conferences at Charlottetown, Quebec City, and in London, and is thus considered one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation. He did much to promote union through newspaper editorials. For his efforts, he received a Senate appointment...
, politician (d.18771877 in CanadaSee also:1876 in Canada,other events of 1877,1878 in Canada.----Events from the year 1877 in Canada.-Full date unknown:*Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier appointed Minister of Agriculture and called to the Senate of Canada...
) - October 11 - Modeste DemersModeste DemersModeste Demers was a Roman Catholic Bishop and missionary in the Oregon Country. A native of Quebec, he traveled overland to the Pacific Northwest and preached in the Willamette Valley and later in what would become British Columbia.-Early life:...
, missionary (d.18711871 in CanadaEvents from the year 1871 in Canada.-January to June:*March 10 - Government of Manitoba meets for the first time*March 21 - The 1871 Ontario election: Edward Blake's Liberals win a majority, defeating J. S...
) - November 15 - Charles La RocqueCharles La RocqueCharles La Rocque, also spelled Larocque, was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and third Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1866 to 1875.-References:*...
, priest and third Bishop of Saint-HyacintheRoman Catholic Diocese of Saint-HyacintheThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke.-Ordinaries:*John Charles Prince *Joseph La Rocque *Charles La Rocque *Bl...
(d.18751875 in Canada-Events:*January 14 - The Halifax Herald is first published*January 18 - 1875 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a second consecutive majority*April 5 - The Supreme Court of Canada is created...
) - November 24 - Amos WrightAmos WrightAmos Wright was a Canadian farmer and politician.-Background in Richmond Hill and Markham, Ontario:...
, farmer and politician (d.18861886 in Canada-Events:*March 25 - Workman's Compensation Act passed in Ontario*April 6 - Vancouver incorporated as a city*April 26 - New Brunswick general election, 1886*June 6 - The Parliament buildings open in Ottawa...
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