1708 in Canada
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Events from the year 1708 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XIV
- British and Irish Monarch: Anne
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle
Events
Historical Documents
"Canada Survey'd, or the French Dominions upon the Continent of America briefly considered in their situation, strength, trade and number" (1708)[1]
Two descriptions of the capture of St. John's, Newfoundland by the French in 1708[2]
Births
- Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye born December 6 of this year. Already in ill health, he died while travelling from Fort Maurepas (Canada) on the Red River to Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods. He was buried near the junction of the Red and Roseau rivers (died 1736).[3]
Deaths
- May 6 - François de Laval, 1st Bishop of Quebec (born 1623)
References
- "Canada Survey'd, or the French Dominions upon the Continent of America briefly considered in their situation, strength, trade and number, more particularly how vastly prejudiciall they are to the British interest, and a method proposed of easily removing them," in Cecil Headlam (ed.), "America and West Indies: July 1708, 23-30," Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709 (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1922), pgs. 40-56. Accessed 7 October 2017 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol24/pp40-56
- "528. Lord Dartmouth to the Council of Trade and Plantations: 528. iii. George Vane to Lord Dartmouth. Aug. 2, 1710; 528 iv. Extracts of letters from Mr. John Collins to his brother, Edwd. Collins, Minister of Wimbledon, Surrey. (a) St. Johns, July 16, 1709," in Cecil Headlam (ed.), "America and West Indies: December 1710, 1-9," Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711 (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1924) pgs. 293-310. Accessed 7 October 2017 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp293-310.
- http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dufrost_de_la_jemerais_christophe_2E.html
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