1706 in Canada

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Years: 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709

Events from the year 1706 in Canada.

Incumbents

Governors

Events

Births

Deaths

  • July 9, 1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana (born 1661).
  • October 11, 1706: Marguerite Bourdon (religious order name, Mother Saint-Jean-Baptiste): one of the foundresses of the Hôpital Général in Quebec; known for her work with the poor (born October 12, 1642).[2]
  • November 25, Jacques Le Ber merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.

References

  1. Statistics of Canada, Fourth Volume
  2. "Biography – BOURDON, MARGUERITE, de Saint-Jean-Baptiste – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".


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