1816 in Canada
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- January 5 - Sir George PrevostGeorge PrevostSir George Prévost, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary...
dies before consideration of Commodore Yeo's charges; but the Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
says: "He must have returned, after the fleet was beaten, I am inclined to think he was right. I have told ministers, repeatedly, that naval superiority, on the Lakes, is a sine qua nonSine qua nonSine qua non or condicio sine qua non refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient...
of success in war on the frontiers of Canada, even if our object should be wholly defensive." - June 19 - After several years of harassment by agents of the North West Company, Métis and Indians under Cuthbert Grant kill Robert Semple, governor of the Red River settlement, and twenty others at the Battle of Seven OaksBattle of Seven Oaks (1816)The Battle of Seven Oaks took place on June 19, 1816, during the long dispute between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rival fur-trading companies in western Canada.-Background:Miles Macdonell had issued the Pemmican Proclamation...
. - A steam-boat is first placed on Lake OntarioLake OntarioLake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
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Births
- October 5 - George KingstonGeorge Kingston (meteorologist)George Templeman Kingston was a Canadian professor, meteorologist, author, and public servant. For successfully promoting and organizing one of Canada's first national scientific services, Kingston has been called the father of Canadian Meteorology.- Biography :George Kingston was born at the...
, meteorologist (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...
) - December 30 - William Alexander HenryWilliam Alexander HenryWilliam Alexander Henry was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge and one of the Fathers of Confederation....
, politician (d.18881888 in Canada-Events:*January 19 - Thomas Greenway becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing David H. Harrison.*June 20 - The Northwest Territories holds its first general election; 22 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected. All are independents; there are no party politics in the territories*July 11 -...
) - December 31 - Joseph Edouard CauchonJoseph Édouard CauchonJoseph Édouard Cauchon, PC was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century...
, politician (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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- January 5 - Sir George PrevostGeorge PrevostSir George Prévost, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary...
(b.17671767 in CanadaSee also:1766 in Canada,other events of 1767,1768 in Canada.----Events from the year 1767 in Canada.-Births:*May 15 - Ezekiel Hart, entrepreneur, politician, and first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire...
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