1744 in Canada
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Events from the year 1744 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]Events
[edit]- May 3 – News of the declaration of war by France on Great Britain arrives in New France, starting King George's War.[3]
- The Treaty of Lancaster between Great Britain and the Iroquois occurs.
- Nicolas-Joseph de Noyelles de Fleurimont succeeded Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye as the Commandant of the western French forts.
Births
[edit]- May 22 - Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, naval officer, explorer, administrator (d.1794)
- October 6 - James McGill, merchant, philanthropist (d.1813)
- December 10 - William Berczy, painter, architect, author, and colonizer (d.1813)
Full date unknown
[edit]- Elias Hardy, lawyer and office-holder (d.1798)
References
[edit]- ↑ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ↑ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice (11 August 2019). "History of King George's War". History of Massachusetts Blog. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
