1806 in Canada

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Events from the year 1806 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George III

Federal government[]

  • Parliament of Lower Canada: 4th
  • Parliament of Upper Canada: 4th

Governors[]

  • Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
  • Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
  • Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower then John Holloway
  • Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres

Events[]

  • Minor trouble arises after 1806 when a governor attempts to anglicize Lower Canada, but he is able to quell dissent if not to achieve his goal.
  • Russian-American Company Company collects otter pelts from Alaska to Spanish California.
  • Mungo Park killed by natives on Niger River in Africa.
  • On return trip John Colter is released from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to join and Joseph Dickson (Dixon) to trap the Yellowstone River.
  • Le Canadien, a Quebec nationalist newspaper, is founded.

Births[]

  • April 12 – Peter Rindisbacher, painter (d.1834)
  • May 6 – Charles Dewey Day, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1884)
  • August 12 – George Ryan, politician (d.1876)
  • November 2 – Henry Kellett, officer in the Royal Navy, oceanographer, Arctic explorer (d.1875)
  • December 9 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, physician and Patriote (d.1837)

Deaths[]

  • May 31: Louis Dunière, politician (b. 1723)
  • July: Robert Gray, merchant sea-captain and explorer (b.1755)
  • October 26: John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (b.1752)
  • December 31: Deborah Cottnam, schoolmistress and poet (b. c.1725–1728)

Historical documents[]

"Saakies" (Sauks?) and Potawatomi seek help against encroachment on their lands from U.S.A.; their request is deferred[1]

Chief Joseph Brant asks to welcome new Upper Canada lieutenant governor with "leading chiefs and principal warriors" of Grand River[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Information respecting the hostile intention of sundry Indian Nations towards the Government of the United States" (July 30, 1806), Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pgs. 414-20 (HTML pgs. 460-6). Accessed 27 January 2021
  2. ^ Letter of Joseph Brant (August 24, 1806), Indian Affairs; Lieutenant-Governor's Office - Upper Canada; Correspondence, 1796-1806, pg. 436 (HTML pg. 486). Accessed 27 January 2021
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