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1815 in Canada

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1815 in Canada

Events from the year 1815 in Canada.

Contents

Events

  • Great Migration from Europe begins.
  • January - Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent, Gen. Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) wins an overwhelming victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
  • February 9 - A bill to give the speaker a salary is read: the salary is 1,000 pounds.
  • February 18 - The United States ratify Treaties, signed in December 1814.
  • March 25 - Governor George Prevost informs Parliament, that then-Prince Regent George IV has ordered him to England, to answer charges of the naval commander.
  • March - Parliament votes 25,000 pounds for a canal from Montreal to Lachine.

    • Births

  • January 10 - John A. Macdonald, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada, Born in Glasgow, Scotland. (died 1891)
  • March 7: Thomas Wood, Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Bedford
  • June 19 - Cornelius Krieghoff, artist (died 1872)
  • September 18 - Joseph Duquet, notary in Lower Canada, executed
  • October 15 - Pierre Antoine Deblois, Senator for La Salle, Quebec

    • Deaths

  • December 21 - Robert Prescott, Governor of Canada (born 1725)

    • References

    1815 in Canada Wikipedia
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