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1771 in Canada

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Events from the year 1771 in Canada.

Incumbents

Monarch: George III

Governors

Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson

Events

July 17 – Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
Captain James Cook completes his first voyage around the world.
Lieutenant Governor Michael Francklin of Nova Scotia travels to northern England to seek immigrants to replace those displaced by the Acadian expulsion.

Births

January 19: Thomas Talbot, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (d.1853)
June 20: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, colonizer and author (d.1820)

Full date unknown

James Bardin Palmer, land agent, lawyer, office holder, and politician (d.1833)

Deaths

December 23 : Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, grey nun (b.1701)

References

(11 August 2017). "Kings and Queens of Canada".

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