1786 in Canada

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Events from the year 1786 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George III

Governors[]

  • Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand
  • Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: John Parr
  • Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
  • Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson

Events[]

  • New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland allowed to import goods from the United States.
  • Gerassin Pribilof discovers the rookeries on the islands now known as the Pribilofs.
  • John Molson founds his first brewery in Montreal.

Births[]

  • April 16 – John Franklin, naval officer, Arctic explorer, and author (d.1847)
  • June 17 – William Thompson, farmer and political figure (d.1860)
  • October 7 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, lawyer, politician and reformist (d.1871)
  • October 30 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, lawyer, writer, fifth and last seigneur of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli (L'Islet County) (d.1871)
  • October 31 – William Morris, businessman, militia officer, justice of the peace, politician, and school administrator (d.1858)
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