1718 in Canada

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Events from the year 1718 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

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

Governors[]

  • Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
  • Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
  • Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Events[]

Births[]

  • September 8 - Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, military officer. (died 1754)
  • September 17 - Joseph Fairbanks, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1796) born in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Full date unknown[]

  • John Burbidge, soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1812) born in Cowes, England
  • Robert Campbell, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1775)

Deaths[]


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