1780 in Canada
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Events from the year 1780 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]Events
[edit]- May 19 – an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. This has never been explained, though clouds of smoke from massive forest fires are the most likely cause.[2]
- Quakers begin the Underground Railroad to smuggle slaves to freedom in Canada.
Births
[edit]- August 15 – Marie-Anne Gaboury, female explorer (d.1875)[3]
- September 17 – Norman McLeod, Presbyterian minister (d.1866)
- November 16 – James FitzGibbon, British colonel who served in Canada for 45 years (d.1863)
- December 1 – Edward Bowen, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1866)
Deaths
[edit]- November 28 – Esther Wheelwright, mother superior for Quebec Ursulines
References
[edit]- ↑ "Kings and Queens of Canada". aem. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Siggins, Maggie (2009). Marie-Anne : the extraordinary life of Louis Riel's grandmother. Toronto, Ontario. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-55199-325-6. OCLC 869812439.
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