1726 in Canada

Events from the year 1726 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XV
• British and Irish Monarch: George I

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett then Lawrence Armstrong
• Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Events

• Claude-Thomas Dupuy took up his duties as intendant of New France.
• Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois was appointed as Governor of New France.
• Thomas-Jacques Taschereau arrived in New France (Canada) as a private secretary to the Intendant of New France, Claude-Thomas Dupuy.

Births

• June 24 : Robert Monckton, army officer and colonial administrator (died 1782)

Full date unknown

• Robert Prescott, Governor of Canada (died 1815)

Deaths

• July 27 : Étienne de Carheil, missionary.

Date unknown

• Étienne Jacob, court officer.

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