1774 in Canada
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Events
- September 4 - Delegates from twelve colonies discuss measures for common safety, at Philadelphia. Canada and GeorgiaProvince of GeorgiaThe Province of Georgia was one of the Southern colonies in British America. It was the last of the thirteen original colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States...
are not represented, though invited. VermontVermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, not being organized, is not invited. - Lord Dunmore's War fought in VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
between settlers and Shawnees. - The first Continental CongressFirst Continental CongressThe First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts by the...
meets. - The Quebec ActQuebec ActThe Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec...
ensures the loyalty of the seigneurs and the clergy to the new regime by guaranteeing the traditional language, civil law, and faith of the subjects. - Guy CarletonGuy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...
's recommendations are instituted in the Quebec ActQuebec ActThe Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec...
, which introduces British criminal law but retains French civil law and guarantees religious freedom for Roman Catholics. The Act's geographical claims were so great that it helped precipitate the American Revolution. - Juan PerezJuan José Pérez HernándezJuan José Pérez Hernández , often simply Juan Pérez, was an 18th century Spanish explorer. He was the first European to sight, examine, name, and record the islands near present-day British Columbia, Canada...
ordered by Spain to explore west coast; discovers Prince of Wales Island, Dixon Sound.
Births
- February 4: Frederick Traugott PurshFrederick Traugott PurshFrederick Traugott Pursh was a German-American botanist.Born in Grossenhain, Saxony, to the name Friedrich Traugott Pursh, he was educated at Dresden Botanical Gardens, and emigrated to the United States in 1799...
, botanist (d.18201820 in Canada-Events:* June 18 - The Governor, Earl of Dalhousie, arrives.-Full date unknown:* Creation of the municipality of Prescott and Russell in Upper Canada .* William Lyon Mackenzie emigrates to Canada.-Births:...
) - March 13: Rose FortuneRose FortuneRose Fortune was an African American who came to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia with the Black Loyalists where she became a successful businesswoman and the first female police officer in Canada.-Biography:...
, entrepreneur (d.18641864 in CanadaSee also:1863 in Canada,other events of 1864,1865 in Canada.----Events from the year 1864 in Canada.-Events:*June 29 - A train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East...
) - August 19: Denis-Benjamin VigerDenis-Benjamin VigerDenis-Benjamin Viger was a 19th century Lower Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, and Patriote movement member.Viger was part of the militia in the early 19th century and then a captain in the War of 1812...
, politician, businessman and politician (d.18611861 in CanadaSee also:1860 in Canada,other events of 1861,1862 in Canada.----Events from the year 1861 in Canada.-Events:*April 14 - A major flood hits Montreal...
) - September 5: Enos CollinsEnos CollinsEnos Collins was a merchant, shipowner, banker and privateer from Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon his death he was acclaimed as the richest man in Canada. He was born to a merchant family in Liverpool, Nova Scotia...
, seaman, merchant, financier, and legislator (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...
) - September 17: William Fitzwilliam OwenWilliam Fitzwilliam OwenVice Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen , was a British naval officer and explorer. He is best known for his exploration of the west and east African coasts, discovery of the Seaflower Channel off the coast of Sumatra and for surveying the Canadian Great Lakes...
, naval officer, hydrographic surveyor (d.18571857 in CanadaSee also:1856 in Canada,other events of 1857,1858 in Canada.----Events from the year 1857 in Canada.-Events:*March 12 — The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train...
) - December 27: Brenton HalliburtonBrenton HalliburtonSir Brenton Halliburton was the eighth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.- Sources :*A History of Dalhousie Law School by John Wells. University of Toronto Press, 1979...
, army officer, lawyer, judge, and politician (d.18601860 in CanadaSee also:1859 in Canada,other events of 1860,1861 in Canada.----Events from the year 1860 in Canada.-Events:*February 20 - 205 killed when the SS Hungarian is wrecked at Cape Sable, Nova Scotia...
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Deaths
- July 11: Sir William Johnson, 1st BaronetSir William Johnson, 1st BaronetSir William Johnson, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire. As a young man, Johnson came to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, which was located amidst the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League...
, superintendent of northern Indians (b. 17151715 in Canada-Births:* Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, superintendent of northern Indians -Deaths:...
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