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1728 in Canada

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Events from the year 1728 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • French Monarch: Louis XV
  • British and Irish Monarch: George II

Governors

  • Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
  • Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Étienne Perier
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: Lawrence Armstrong
  • Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Events

  • Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of Lake Superior and stationed at Fort Kaministiquia.
  • Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait.

Births

    • James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (died 1779)
  • Samuel Holland, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner (died 1801)

Deaths

  • February 20 - J Raudot, Intendant of New France (born 1638)

References

References

  1. Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. (30 December 2015). "George I".
  3. Zoltvany, Yves F.. "Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, Pierre".
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