1700 in Canada

Events from the year 1700 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV
• English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: William III

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Louis-Hector de Callière
• Governor of Acadia: Claude-Sébastien de Villieu
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Sauvolle
• Governor of Plaisance: Joseph de Monic

Events

• January 26, 1700- The Cascadia earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia subduction zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California, creating a tsunami that wiped out the winter village of Pachena Bay leaving no survivors.

Full date unknown

• By now, it is clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient.
• Population of Acadia is 1,400.
• Sir Stephen Evans is Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company between the years 1700 to 1712.

Births

• June 17 - François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, explorer and soldier. (died 1736)

Full date unknown

• Joseph Adams, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. (died 1737)

Deaths

• January 12 - Marguerite Bourgeoys (born Troyes, France on April 17, 1620), a first school teacher in Montreal and founder of the congregation of Notre Dame (the first order of uncloistered nuns in North America).

Full date unknown

• Louis Jolliet was one of the first people of European descent born in North America to be remembered for significant discoveries. (born 1645)

See also

• List of years in Canada

References