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1773 in Canada

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Events from the year 1773 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

  • December – Prominent French Canadians petition the King to restore their ancient laws and accord them the rights of British subjects, reminding him that five-sixths of the seigniories belong to Frenchmen. They represent that the Labrador Coast and fisheries, now alienated to Newfoundland, should revert to Canada. They prefer a Legislative Council, nominated by the King, because less expensive than an Elective Assembly.
  • Lord Dartmouth promises Canadians just and considerate treatment respecting their religion.
  • Montreal Ft. La Traite, on Churchill River, by Frobisher to cut into HBC's trade.

Births

  • January 14 – William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, diplomat and governor general (d.1857)
  • March 29 – Samuel Street Wilmot, surveyor, tanner, farmer, justice of the peace, and assemblyman in Upper Canada (d. 1856)

Full date unknown

  • Joseph Willcocks, diarist, office holder, printer, publisher, journalist, politician, and army officer (d.1814)

Deaths

  • January 31 – Sebastian Zouberbuhler, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia

References

References

  1. (11 August 2017). "Kings and Queens of Canada".
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