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1820 in Canada
Events from the year
1820 in Canada
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
George III
(until January 29), then
George IV
Federal government
Parliament of Lower Canada
:
9th
(until February 9) then
10th
(April 11 â April 24) then
11th
(starting December 14)
Parliament of Upper Canada
:
7th
(until March 7)
Governors
Governor of the Canadas
:
Robert Milnes
Governor of New Brunswick
:
George Stracey Smyth
Governor of Nova Scotia
:
John Coape Sherbrooke
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland
:
Richard Goodwin Keats
Governor of Prince Edward Island
:
Charles Douglass Smith
Events
June 18 â The Governor,
Earl of Dalhousie
, arrives.
Full date unknown
Creation of the municipality of
Prescott and Russell
in
Upper Canada
(today
Ontario
).
William Lyon Mackenzie
emigrate
s to
Canada
.
Births
January 17 âÂÂ
Hiram Blanchard
, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.
1874
)
February 17 âÂÂ
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
,
Archbishop of Quebec
(d.
1898
)
May 12 âÂÂ
Luc Letellier de St-Just
, politician and 3rd
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
(d.
1881
)
May 19 -
Stephen Richards
, politician,
Ontario
MPP for Niagara and
Provincial Secretary
(d.
1894
)
May 30 âÂÂ
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
, Premier of Quebec (d.
1890
)
July 2 âÂÂ
Oliver Mowat
, politician, 3rd
Premier of Ontario
and 8th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
(d.
1903
)
August 2 âÂÂ
John Rose
, politician (d.
1888
)
August 6 âÂÂ
Donald Alexander Smith
, politician (d.
1914
)
August 16 âÂÂ
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
, Premier of New Brunswick (d.
1892
)
August 27 âÂÂ
Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry
,
militia
officer (d.
1882
)
October 13 âÂÂ
John William Dawson
, geologist and university administrator (d.
1899
)
December 24 âÂÂ
Joseph-Charles Taché
, a Canadian noted for his contributions to many aspects of the fabric of Canada (d.
1894
)
Deaths
March 12 âÂÂ
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
, explorer (b.
1764
)
April 8 âÂÂ
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
, colonizer and author (b.
1771
)
July 11 âÂÂ
Frederick Traugott Pursh
, botanist (b.
1774
)
References