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1780 in Canada

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Events from the year 1780 in Canada.

Incumbents

Monarch: George III

Governors

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

Events

May 19 – an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. This has never been explained, though clouds of smoke from massive forest fires are the most likely cause.
Quakers begin the Underground Railroad to smuggle slaves to freedom in Canada.

Births

August 15 – Marie-Anne Gaboury, female explorer (d.1875)
September 17 – Norman McLeod, Presbyterian minister (d.1866)
November 16 – James FitzGibbon, British colonel who served in Canada for 45 years (d.1863)
December 1 – Edward Bowen, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1866)

Deaths

November 28 – Esther Wheelwright, mother superior for Quebec Ursulines

References

(11 August 2017). "Kings and Queens of Canada".
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Siggins, Maggie. (2009). "Marie-Anne : the extraordinary life of Louis Riel's grandmother".

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