1761 in Canada
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Events from the year 1761 in Canada.
Incumbents[]
- French Monarch: Louis XV
- British and Irish Monarch: George III
Governors[]
- Governor of the Province of Quebec: Jeffery Amherst
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Louis Billouart
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Jonathan Belcher
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards
Events[]
- Wednesday July 29 – The British terms of peace are so hard that Choiseul declares: "I am as indifferent to peace as Pitt can be. I freely admit the King's desire for peace, and his Majesty may sign such a treaty, but my hand shall never be set to it."
- Tuesday October 6 – King George III offers Pitt the governorship of Canada, with £5,000 per annum, but, instead, makes Pitt's wife, Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham, a peeress; and £13,000 per annum is granted to the survivor of three of his family.
- Canada under Martial law.
Births[]
- August 1 : Pierre-Louis Panet, notary and politician
Deaths[]
- November 15
- Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, French Canadian fur trader and explorer (born 1717)[1]
- Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne, explorer (born 1703)
References[]
- ^ "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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