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1750 in Canada

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1750
in
Canada

Decades:
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Events from the year 1750 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Governors

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Events

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  • 1750s: Hudson's Bay Company Saskatchewan River region, reached by trade drummers sent out with goods to tempt the Indians to York.
  • c. 1750: The Ojibwa begin to emerge as a distinct tribal amalgamation of smaller independent bands.
  • German immigrants begin to arrive in numbers at Halifax.
  • Hidatsa villages, site of ancient trading fair, now with both French and Hudson's Bay representatives present each summer.

Births

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  • James Glenie, army officer, military engineer, businessman, office holder, and politician (d.1817)
  • Simon McTavish, fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman (d.1804)

Deaths

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References

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  1. Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.