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1771 in Canada
Events from the year
1771 in Canada
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
George III
Governors
Governor of the Province of Quebec
:
Guy Carleton
Governor of Nova Scotia
:
Lord William Campbell
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland
:
John Byron
Governor of St. John's Island
:
Walter Patterson
Events
July 17 âÂÂ
Massacre at Bloody Falls
:
Chipewyan
chief
Matonabbee
traveling as the guide to
Samuel Hearne
on his Arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting
Inuit
.
Captain
James Cook
completes his first voyage around the world.
Lieutenant Governor
Michael Francklin
of
Nova Scotia
travels to northern England to seek immigrants to replace those displaced by the
Acadian expulsion
.
Births
January 19:
Thomas Talbot
, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (d.
1853
)
June 20:
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
, colonizer and author (d.
1820
)
Full date unknown
James Bardin Palmer
, land agent, lawyer, office holder, and politician (d.
1833
)
Deaths
December 23 :
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
, grey nun (b.
1701
)
References