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May 17, 1794
Anna Jameson, who chronicled her 8-month stay in Canada in Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838), was born at Dublin, Ire.
May 17, 1831
Robert Machray, first Primate of All Canada, was born at Aberdeen, Scot.
May 17, 1871
The Town of St. Stephen is incorporated.
May 17, 1871
A Common Schools Act is established in New Brunswick, calling for free schools through public funding and a non-denominational curriculum. The abolition of separate Catholic schools creates immense controversy.
May 17, 1871
The Shire Town for Kings County is changed from Kingston to Hampton.
May 17, 1918
Home-made candy from cane sugar is disallowed in New Brunswick. To conserve sugar for the war effort, people are limited to only a 15 day supply in their homes.
May 17, 1686
Monsignor de Saint-Vallier, Bishop of New France, arrives at Grand Falls as part of a 5 month visit to Acadia. His account of the journey is later published in Paris - one of the first written records of inland travel in the Maritimes.
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May 16, 1856
Charles Hays, president of The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway who went down in the Titanic, born at Rock I, Ill.
May 16, 1929
Claude Morin, professor, politician, considered one of the prime thinkers behind the Quiet Revolution, was born at Montmorency, Qué.
May 16, 1785
Jonathan Bliss arrives from England to assume his duties as the first Attorney General of New Brunswick.
May 16, 1762
Massachusetts settlers, led by Francis Peabody, set sail from Newburyport, to establish a township on the river St. John. At Pointe Ste-Anne (Fredericton) they encounter Maliseet warriors, then move downriver to establish Maugerville.
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May 15, 1702
England declared war on France, beginning the War of the Spanish Succession; it lasted until 1713.
May 15, 1780
Christopher Widmer, surgeon influential in founding the Toronto General Hospital, was born at High Wycombe, Eng.
May 15, 1799
In Fredericton, Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Carleton lays the cornerstone for New Brunswick’s first Legislative Assembly building (“Province Hall”). Destroyed by fire in 1880, Province Hall is replaced by the current Legislative Assembly building in 1882.
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May 14,1880
Construction of the CPR began in BC under the direction of Andrew Onderdonk.
May 14,1887
John Percy Page, coach of the Edmonton Grads, was born at Rochester, NY.
May 14, 1776
A public meeting is held at Maugerville and a rebel committee of 12 is appointed to make immediate application to Massachusetts Bay for assistance under the present "distressed circumstances" - in support of the American Revolution.
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May 13, 1873
The first mine disaster occurred at Westville, NS. An explosion ripped through the tunnels; 2 years passed before the last of 60 bodies was recovered.
May 13, 1886
William Patterson, premier of Saskatchewan, first person in the province's history to hold both posts of premier and lieutenant-governor, born at Grenfell, Sask.
May 13, 1815
Loyalist, Edward Winslow, dies in Fredericton. A direct descendant of the "Mayflower" settlers of 1620, Winslow was an influential leader in the movement to create a separate province of New Brunswick - "The most gentlemanlike one on the earth"
May 13, 1924
In Sackville, L.W. Daman patents the Pipeless Furnace, which features a central heating unit with a large single floor grill. This type of furnace remains popular until the 1970’s, when floor vents are introduced.
May 13, 1765
Shiploads of Acadians in exile continue to arrive at the port of New Orleans in Louisiana.
May 13, 1908
New premier Douglas Hazen meets with New Brunswick's Enfranchisement Association, but refuses their request for voting rights - advising women to "cling to lines of activity for which they are suited, than be burdened with the public work of the country".
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May 12, 1870
The Manitoba Act received royal assent. It created the new province of Manitoba and came into effect on July 15.
May 12, 1873
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, painter and co-founder of the Group of Seven, was born at Durham, Eng.
May 12, 1689
King William's War begins between England and France, with New Englanders and their Iroquois allies in North America pitted against New France and their numerous Native allies, including Mi'kmaq and Maliseet.
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May 11, 1855
Charles Doherty, founder of the Canadian Bar Assn, was born at Montreal.
May 11, 1918
Author Sheila Burnford, whose first novel, The Incredible Journey, was an immediate international best-seller, was born in Scotland.
May 11, 1963
While visiting President Kennedy in Massachusetts, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson accepts former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's summer residence on Campobello Island as an international park.
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May 10, 1844
The capital of Canada was moved from Kingston to Montréal, Canada East.
May 10, 1881
Aaron Mosher, who became Canada's foremost exponent of national unionism, was born in Halifax County, NS.
May 10, 1937
Michael Whelan, the “Poet of the Renous”, dies in Chatham. A well known folk poet who extolled the beauties of the Miramichi, Whelan dies in poverty and is buried in a pauper’s grave.
May 10, 1873
Nearly 600 Scottish immigrants aboard the "Castalia" arrive in Saint John harbour, destined to establish the "Scotch Colony" of Kincardine.
May 10, 1783
The first Loyalist ships sail into Saint John harbour. The tiny Parrtown settlement is soon overflowing with refugees. A fleet of 20 vessels had left Sandy Hook in New York with Americans loyal to the British crown.
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May 9, 1885
At Batoche, the Métis effectively resisted General Middleton's forces for 3 days until drawn out of their rifle pits by a concerted attack.
May 9, 1914
Hank Snow, influential pioneer of country and western Music, was born at Liverpool, NS.
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May 8, 1839
Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, author of the French words to the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada," was born at St-Placide, LC.
May 8, 1841
John Norquay, politician, Manitoba's only premier of mixed European and native ancestry, was born near St Andrews, Man.
May 8, 1901
The community of Kingston, in Kent County, officially changes its name to Rexton.
May 8, 1828
John Baker goes to trial in Fredericton for conspiracy. Baker had raised the American flag over Madawaska Settlement, claiming the area as United States territory. Upon resisting arrest, he was finally taken prisoner by posse.
May 8, 1871
The Treaty of Washington sets out rights for American access to Canadian inshore fishing waters, as well as some navigation rights on Canadian rivers, including allowing Maine's lumber industry to float logs down the St. John River.
May 8, 1989
Leopold Belliveau is elected Moncton's first Acadian mayor.
May 8, 1848
The vessel "Star" out of Ireland, with 63 of 383 passengers sick with typhus, arrives at St. Andrews. The immigrants had hoped to find work constructing the new St. Andrews & Quebec Railway, but are quarantined on Hospital Island in Passamaquoddy Bay.
May 8, 1818
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, one of Canada's most important Fathers of Confederation, is born in Gagetown.
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May 7, 1787
Jacques Viger, journalist, author, militia officer, civil servant, politician, known primarily for having been the first mayor of Montréal, was born at Montréal.
May 7, 1893
Frank J. Selke, sport administrator and coach, was born at Kitchener, Ont.
May 7, 1869
New Brunswick's Provincial Seal is authorized by Royal Warrant.
May 7, 1823
Major-General George Stracey Smythe, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, dies in Fredericton and is buried in the vault of the Parish Church. His remains are later transferred to the vault of Christ Church Cathedral after its completion in 1853.
May 7, 1901
Moncton inventor Alex Carter and machinist Walter S. Bowness build New Brunswick's first automobile in their shop on Victoria Street.
May 7, 1945
German forces surrender in western Europe and World War II ends in Europe.
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May 6, 1776
Charles Douglas arrived at Québec with a British relief force, causing the Americans to abandon the siege of Québec.
May 6, 1849
Wyatt Eaton, portrait, genre and landscape painter, illustrator, founding member of the American Art Association and the Society of Canadian Artists, was born at Philipsburg, Que.
May 6, 1845
William Watts of Fredericton is granted a patent on the "Watts Potato Digger".
May 6, 1784
Moses Gerrish begins the Loyalist settlement of Grand Manan, with 50 families on a small island forming the eastern side of Grand Harbour (Ross Island).
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May 5, 1789
A Spanish expedition under Esteban José Martinez reached Nootka Sound and plundered a number of British ships, touching off the Nootka Sound Controversy.
May 5, 1796
Robert Foulis, civil engineer, inventor of the world's first steam-operated fog alarm, was born at Glasgow, Scot.
May 5, 1905
The first automobile license in New Brunswick is issued to J. Walter Holley of Saint John, for his 18 horsepower Rambler.
May 5, 1909
Convicts William Parks and Carl Schultz escape from a chain gang working near Saint John. Schultz is quickly rearrested; but Parks remains on the loose for some time. Parks was serving a one year sentence for stealing a pair of boots.
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May 4, 1836
The territory of Assiniboia was transferred to the Hudson's Bay Company by Lord Selkirk's family.
May 4, 1890
Franklin Carmichael, painter, founding member of the Group of Seven, was born at Orillia, Ont.
May 4, 1845
The Rev. John Medley, vicar of St. Thomas, Exeter (England), and prebendary of Exeter Cathedral, is consecrated New Brunswick's first Anglican Bishop of Fredericton (all of the province).
May 4, 1985
Frank McKenna is elected leader of the Liberal Party. On October 13, 1987, McKenna's Liberals take all 58 seats in the provincial election.
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May 3, 1888
John Helders, one of Canada's leading fine-art photographers of his time, born at Rhenen, Netherlands.
May 3, 1915
John McCrae of Guelph, Ont, wrote the famous poem In Flanders Fields. It was composed in 20 minutes at Ypres and first published in December 1915 in the English magazine Punch.
May 3, 1945
The Town of Rothesay is incorporated.
May 3, 1935
Bathurst's Sir James Dunn becomes Chairman and President of Algoma Steel.
May 3, 1860
"The Woodstock Journal" cries foul after discovering that local politician and postmaster Charles Connell has replaced Queen Victoria's head on the new five cent stamp with his own face. Connell later resigns his post in disgrace.
May 3, 2003
Following a federal announcement that the Gulf of St. Lawrence crab quota will be reduced by 20%, enraged fishers in Shippagan set fire to 4 crab fishing boats, 2 processing plants, and a federal building.
May 3, 1845
The revolutionary steamboat "Reindeer" is launched near the mouth of the Nashwaak River, opposite Fredericton. Equipped with the world's first practical marine compound steam engine and designed by New Brunswick inventor Benjamin F. Tibbitts.
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May 2, 1660
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, with 16 Frenchmen and 44 Hurons and Algonquins, held an Iroquois war party at bay for days before capitulating; all the French defenders were killed.
May 2, 1670
Charles II granted a charter to Prince Rupert and his "Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay." The charter granted the company a monopoly of trade in the Bay and ownership of all lands drained by rivers flowing into the Bay.
May 2, 1811
Henry Chubb begins the "New Brunswick Courier" newspaper in Saint John. The Courier becomes a training ground for many prominent newspapermen, and champions the rights of the elected Assembly during the struggle for Responsible Government in the 1830's.
May 2, 1786
The first libel trial in New Brunswick begins in Saint John. Printers William Lewis and John Ryan are charged with publishing inflammatory articles. They are found guilty by a jury, fined and made to post a security bond against future infractions.
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May 1, 1688
The first stone was laid for Nôtre-Dame-des-Victoires, the oldest surviving church in Canada, in Place Royal, Québec.
May 1, 1831
Emily Stowe, first Canadian woman to practise medicine, was born at Norwich, UC.
May 1, 1917
Prohibition commences in New Brunswick, making the sale of liquor unlawful - except for "medicinal, scientific, sacramental, and mechanical purposes". This law remains in effect for 10 years.
May 1, 1843
New Brunswick's first official coins, the Penny and Halfpenny Copper tokens, commence circulation. Before this date prices were quoted in New Brunswick currency, although Spanish, British, or American coins were actually used.
May 1, 1987
The Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) is proclaimed the provincial tree for New Brunswick, by an Order-in-Council.
May 1, 1837
Major-General Sir John Harvey is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. A popular and diplomatic leader, a dispute with the United States over the boundary line with Maine is brought to a peaceful settlement through his tact.
May 1, 1856
The Town of Woodstock is incorporated.
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April 30, 1770
Mapmaker David Thompson, whose maps were the first to provide a comprehensive view of the western territories, was born at London, Eng.
April 30, 1864
Chilcotin Indians in BC killed several road workers building a road through their territory. Five Chilcotin were executed for the incident.
April 30, 1765
Sunbury County is established as the northern-most county of Nova Scotia, encompassing most of present-day New Brunswick.
April 30, 1873
Fredericton City Council approves James Tibbetts' application to erect a sawmill on " The Green " below Christ Church Cathedral. Citizens are outraged and succeed in cancelling the project.
April 30, 1923
The hydro-electric dam at Musquash breaks "with a crashing that surpassed the loudest thunder", washing out everything in its path - houses, barns, roads and bridges.
April 30, 1905
John Peters Humphrey, principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“The Magna Carta of Mankind”) is born in Hampton.
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April 29, 1627
The Compagnie des Cent-Associés was granted New France from Florida to the Arctic. The Company was given full seigneurial ownership of New France.
April 29, 1628
Guillaume Couillard-Lespinay, Louis Hébert's son-in-law, was the first person in Canada to use a plow.
April 29, 1916
New Brunswick adopts the practice of Daylight Saving time.
April 29, 1924
In St. Stephen, Arthur Hall and William McVay patent the Partitioned Concrete Sidewalk, which will prevent concrete breakage by allowing movement with the frost during winter. This invention is now standard practise in building sidewalks.
April 29, 1952
The city of Edmundston is incorporated.
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April 28, 1817
The Rush-Bagot Agreement between the US and Britain limited naval forces on Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario.
April 28, 1928
Zbigniew Basinski, recognized as the doyen of Canadian metal physics, was born at Wolkowysk, Poland.
April 28, 1939
A twin-engine Russian monoplane attempting a non-stop flight from Moscow to New York runs out of fuel and crash-lands on Miscou Island.
April 28, 1783
William Davidson of the Miramichi is elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly to represent Sunbury County (all of New Brunswick).
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April 27, 1593
Jérôme Lalemant, Jesuit missionary who completed the first census of a native nation, was born at Paris, France.
April 27, 1813
An American force of 1700 men captured York (Toronto), looted the town and burned down the Parliament building.
April 27, 1858
Michael Whelan (the “Poet of the Renous”) is born in Renous to Irish immigrant parents. At the age of 20, he takes up writing and becomes a well known folk poet all along the Miramichi.
April 27, 1841
Sir William McBean George Colebrooke is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, having previously been lieutenant-governor of the Leeward Islands and Antigua.
April 27, 1950
Despite mass protests, Premier John B. McNair imposes a four percent sales tax in New Brunswick to help finance education and social services. Two years later, McNair and his party are defeated at the polls.
April 27, 1895
Lilianne (Allain) Dubocquet is born in Néguac. A member of the Resistance Movement in Paris (France) during WWII, she later receives accolades from the United States and Britain for her work in sheltering escapees during the Nazi occupation.
April 27, 1884
Ivan C. Rand, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and conceiver of the "Rand Formula" for Unions, is born in Moncton.
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April 26, 1625
The first Jesuits arrived at Québec.
April 26, 1917
Baldur Stefansson, leader in development of rapeseed from an unadapted crop, was born at Vestfold, Man.
April 26, 1909
Saint John Magistrate Ritchie rules that electricity is indeed a commodity. Charles Kerr of the Bijou Moving Picture Theatre is found guilty of stealing electricity by tapping into the St. John Railway Company.
April 26, 1850
"The New Brunswick Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Home Manufactures, and Commerce Throughout the Province" is established.
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April 25, 1849
The Parliament Buildings in Montréal were burned down in riots protesting Lord Elgin's signing of the Rebellion Losses Bill. The seat of government was removed from Montréal and the Parliament met alternatively in Toronto and Québec City.
April 25, 1849
Lord Elgin gave assent to the Rebellion Losses Bill, in effect the first acceptance of the principle of responsible government, over violent Tory opposition. A Tory-inspired mob burned the Parliament buildings that day.
April 25, 1845
Queen Victoria declares Fredericton a city. Despite a population of only 4,000, ancient ecclesiastic law requires that the center of any new diocese be a city.
April 25, 1785
In a dispatch to Lord Sydney, Governor Thomas Carleton announces his plan to establish St. Ann's Point (Fredericton) as the future seat of government for New Brunswick.
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April 24, 1779
The North West Company was formed in Montreal, with 16 shares.
April 24, 1851
PEI obtained responsible government, with George Coles as premier.
April 24, 1920
The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission is established by Order-In-Council.
April 24, 1920
The Association of Professional Engineers of New Brunswick is incorporated.
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April 23-1915 (( follow up to april 22 St Julien posting))
Canadian 13th Battalion Quebec Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada) moves up reserves to plug a gap in the line at Ypres. Lance-Corporal Frederick Fisher (born in St Catharines, Ont) goes forward with his company machine-gun under heavy fire, and covers the retreat of a battery, losing four of his gun team. He then obtains four more men, and moves forward again to the firing line, but is killed while bringing his machine-gun into action under very heavy fire. For his bravery, Fisher is awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously on June 23, the first Canadian-born man to win the VC while serving in the Canadian Army
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April 22, 1662
King Charles II of England chartered the Royal Society of London, the oldest scientific organization in Britain.
April 22, 1915
At the Battle of Ypres, Belgium, the Canadian 13th Battalion stood firm despite chlorine gas and shelling, until reserves were moved up on April 23. The French and French Colonial troops had broken and fled.
April 22, 1786
Sir Guy Carleton is appointed Governor-in-Chief of British North America. His brother, Colonel Thomas Carleton, becomes Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
April 22, 1919
In Fredericton, Stephen L. Chauncey Coleman patents the Stabilizing Bar for motor vehicle suspensions. A prolific inventor, Coleman later develops many improvements in automobile technology.
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April 21, 1933
The Moncton Hawks are greeted at the CN station in Moncton, the first Maritime hockey team to win the Allan Cup, Canadian amateur hockey's highest award. The team repeats as Canadian champions the following year.
April 21, 1926
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) is born in London (England), the first child of HRH The Duke and Duchess of York (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth).
April 21, 1927
The New Brunswick Provincial Police Force is established.
April 21, 1866
Fenian raiders,on board the hired schooner "Two Friends" out of Lubec Maine,capture the "Winthrop" near Campobello Island - "in the name of the Irish Republic".Upon arrival of British warships, the raiders sink the "Two Friends" and return to Eastport.
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April 19, 1775
Clashes between British troops and colonial militia at Lexington and Concord, Mass, initiated the American Revolution.
April 19, 1900
Roland Michener, governor general of Canada, was born at Lacombe, Alta.
April 19, 1750
Acadians at Grand Pré, Pisiquit and Canard River ask Governor Cornwallis for permission to leave Acadia, but are refused.
April 19, 1931
A statue of Evangeline, modelled after Mexican actress Dolores del Rio, is unveiled at St. Martinville (Louisiana) - commemorating the deportation of the Acadians and Longfellow's famous literary creation.
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April 18, 1914
David Smith, founder of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at U of Sask, was born at Regina.
April 18, 1945
1st Canadian Corps pushed north to the IJsselmeer, isolating German forces in the western Netherlands.
April 18, 1866
With the intent of leading New Brunswick into Confederation, Lieutenant Governor Arthur Hamilton Gordon calls upon Peter Mitchell to form a new government after the resignation of Premier Albert J. Smith.
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April 17, 1620
Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal, was born at Troyes, France.
April 17, 1831
Canada's foremost field naturalist John Macoun was born at Maralin, Ire.
April 17, 1908
Rev. Joseph Owens, author, philosopher and president of the Metaphysics Society of America, is born in Saint John.
April 17, 1851
One of Canada's most famous clipper ships, the " Marco Polo ", is launched at Marsh Creek near Saint John. Built by James Smith at Courtenay Bay, the " Marco Polo " earns the title of the Fastest Ship in the World.
April 17, 1889
The cities of Saint John and Portland agree to merge, becoming one City of Saint John.
April 17, 1645
With Charles de La Tour in Boston, seeking help to maintain his hold in Acadia, arch-rival Charles d'Aulnay de Charnisay attacks Fort La Tour. After an heroic defense, La Tour's wife, Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, surrenders and dies soon after.
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April 16, 1786
Sir John Franklin, arctic explorer whose loss triggered the greatest search in the history of exploration, was born at Spilsby, Eng.
April 16, 1827
Octave Crémazie, poet, bookseller, known as the founder of French Canadian poetry, was born at Quebec, LC.
April 16, 1903
The villages of Andover and Perth are incorporated together as a district, for the purpose of providing residents with electric light, power and heat.
April 16, 1891
The Legislative Council, New Brunswick’s appointed Upper House, is abolished.
April 16, 1764
James Simonds, James White, Jonathan Leavitt, and a party of approximately 30 tradesmen arrive at Portland Point (Saint John) from Massachusetts to establish the first permanent English settlement.
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April 15, 1841
Joseph Seagram, founder of the world's largest producers of distilled spirits, was born at Fisher Mills, UC.
April 15, 1853
John Rae set out from Fort Confidence on a search for Sir John Franklin. He covered 1126 km of previously unknown coastline.
April 15, 1919
After almost 50 years of debating the issue, New Brunswick women are granted the right to vote in provincial elections.
April 15, 1861
Poet Bliss Carman is born in Fredericton. As an adult he becomes one of Canada's best known poets, writing lyrics on nature, love, and the open road. His most famous poem, "Low Tide on Grand Pre", is published in 1893 and wins international recognition.
April 15, 1890
Pierre-Amand Landry becomes New Brunswick's first Acadian judge.
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April 14, 1826
Robert Chambers told a committee of the British Parliament dealing with emigration that London was too full of children. He recommended that Britain's surplus children be sent to Canada as farm labour.
April 14, 1848
James Walker, first civilian justice in the North-West Territories, was born at Carluke, Canada W.
April 14, 1866
The Irish Fenians invade Indian Island, near Campobello. Four days later United States military disarm and disperse the invaders by authority of the Neutrality Act.
April 14, 1873
Madawaska County is established out of Victoria County, with Edmundston as the Shire Town.
April 14, 1912
The luxury liner "RMS Titanic", on her maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City, strikes an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland.
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April 13, 1645
D'Aulnay de Charnisay attacked Fort La Tour. La Tour's wife surrendered on the understanding that the garrison would be spared but Charnisay executed all the men but one, who had agreed to be executioner.
April 13, 1825
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the few Canadian politicians to be assassinated, was born at Carlingford, Ire.
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Message Posted: Apr 12, 2013 11:14:45 AM
April 12, 1820
The Earl of Dalhousie was named governor in chief of British North America.
April 12, 1838
Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews were hanged for treason, at Toronto, for their roles in the Rebellion of 1837.
April 12, 1867
The Imperial Canada Railway Loan Act is passed in London, which provides for a British guarantee of £3 million to begin construction of the Intercolonial Railway between Halifax and Quebec.
April 12, 1855
New Brunswick becomes the first province in British North America to adopt the secret ballot for electing members to the House of Assembly.
April 12, 1751
New France Governor La Jonquière issues an ordinance calling on all Acadians in French territory north of the Missaguash River to take an oath of allegiance to France, with the possibility of bearing arms.
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Message Posted: Apr 11, 2013 11:11:08 AM
April 11, 1914
Norman McLaren, Canada's leading director of animated film, was born at Stirling, Scot.
April 11, 1816
The first river steamboat in New Brunswick, the "General Smyth", is launched at Saint John. On May 20, the " General Smyth " begins its maiden voyage upriver from Saint John to Fredericton.
April 11, 1853
Moncton shipbuilder Joseph Salter gives his workers better working conditions and a shorter work day. This date is observed as New Brunswick's first Labour Day.
April 11, 1914
In St. Andrews, the original Algonquin Hotel is destroyed by fire – and rebuilt the following year.
April 11, 1848
Sir Edmund Walker Head is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, having previously been Poor Law Commissioner in London (England). His administration is highlighted by a peaceful adoption of Responsible Government in the province.
April 11, 1713
The Treaty of Utrecht formally ends the War of the Spanish Succession. Territory in Acadia (Nova Scotia) is ceded to Great Britain, while possession of lands north of the Bay of Fundy (New Brunswick) remain in dispute.
April 11, 1786
Thomas Mallard announces in the "Royal Gazette" that he has acquired the schooner "Four Sisters" and has established a weekly passenger and cargo service from Saint John to Fredericton.
April 11, 1969
A draft bill, making New Brunswick the only officially bilingual province in Canada is adopted unanimously in the Legislative Assembly.
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Message Posted: Apr 10, 2013 10:46:10 AM
April 10, 1841
Halifax was incorporated as a city.
April 10, 1865
John ("Jack") Miner, conservationist who established one of the first bird sanctuaries in N America was born at Dover Center, Ohio.
April 10, 1706
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, Governor of the French possession at Placentia, Newfoundland, is appointed Governor of Acadia and takes up residence at Port Royal.
April 10, 1866
The Irish Fenians gather at Eastport (Maine), threatening to invade N. B. - beginning at Campobello - and annex the region to the United States. British defenses dispatch warships and troops to the area - interest in Confederation reaches a high point.
April 10, 1892
Milton Fowler Gregg is born at Mountain Dale (Snider Mountain). During World War I, he receives the Victoria Cross for his “initiative and bravery”. Later in life he serves as United Nations representative in Iraq and administrator of UNICEF in Indonesia.
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Message Posted: Apr 9, 2013 10:42:27 AM
96 years ago, from April 9th to 12th of 1917, the Canadian Corps fought together for the first time. Their objective was the German Bastion of Vimy Ridge. It would cost 3,600 dead, and 7004 wounded. The Canadian Corps would go on to be the most feared fighting force on the Western Front. Ultimately Canada would lose 64,976 souls in WWI, and thousands more to their wounds (physical and psychological) in the years that followed.
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Message Posted: Apr 9, 2013 8:55:36 AM
April 9, 1682
La Salle, de Tonty and Jacques Bourdon d'Autray arrived at the Mississippi Delta. La Salle claimed the territory he had explored for France and named it Louisiana.
April 9, 1931
Richard Bennett Hatfield is born in Woodstock. First elected Premier of New Brunswick in 1970, Hatfield gains the distinction of New Brunswick’s longest-serving Premier.
April 9, 1825
The Saint John Agricultural and Emigrant Society is formed.
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April 8, 1814
Philippe-Ignace-François Aubert de Gaspé, journalist who wrote the first French Canadian novel, was born at Quebec City.
April 8, 1820
Lord Selkirk died. His executors took over administration of the Red River Colony.
April 8, 1874
The Caraquet Railway Company is formed, to establish a railway connecting the Village of Caraquet and Shippagan Harbour to the Intercolonial Railway near Bathurst.
April 9, 1931
Richard Bennett Hatfield is born in Woodstock. First elected Premier of New Brunswick in 1970, Hatfield gains the distinction of New Brunswick’s longest-serving Premier.
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Message Posted: Apr 7, 2013 11:37:36 AM
April 7,1851
The first Canadian postage stamps were issued: a Twelve-Pence Black, showing Queen Victoria at the age of 19, a Three-Pence Beaver and a Six-Pence Prince Consort, which carried a portrait of Prince Albert.
April 7, 1851
Political cartoonist John Bengough, founder of the satirical weekly Grip was born at Toronto.
April 7, 1976
The town of Nackawic is incorporated.
April 7, 1892
At the close of the legislative session, New Brunswick’s Legislative Council ceases to exist as a legislative body, having been abolished the year previous.
April 7, 1899
New Brunswick's Women's Enfranchisement Association floods the Legislature with 12 petitions, containing almost 4,000 signatures, asking for a suffrage bill. On April 13, Premier Emmerson introduces an enfranchisement bill - but it is voted down 34 to 7.
April 7, 1866
An historic encounter in Fredericton's Old Government House occurs between Lt.-Gov. Arthur Hamilton Gordon and Premier Albert J. Smith over N. B.'s place in Confederation. Despite a majority in the legislature, Smith is forced to resign his government.
April 7, 1691
Joseph Robineau de Villebon becomes Commandant of Acadia. During the winter of 1691-92, Villebon erects a fort at the junction of the Nashwaak and St. John Rivers, Fort Saint-Joseph - the capital of Acadia until 1697.
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Message Posted: Apr 5, 2013 8:48:39 AM
April 5, 1669
Louis XIV inaugurated the first baby bonuses in New France.
April 5, 1749
Jean-Antoine Aide-Créquy, priest, first Canadian-born painter, born at Quebec City.
April 5, 1883
First speed skating competition in New Brunswick (Saint John).
April 5, 1891
Canada's population totals 4,833,239, with the three Maritime Provinces accounting for 18 percent.
April 5, 1923
"The Daily Gleaner " newspaper reports that Communist advocate and gardening expert Roscoe Fillmore has resigned his position as manager of the St. John Valley Nurseries in Burton and sailed to Russia to join the Soviet revolutionary effort.
April 5, 1815
Tambora volcano erupts on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, causing the summer of 1816 (the "Year Without a Summer") to be extremely dark and cold throughout eastern North America.
April 5, 1913
Photographer and artist, George Thomas Taylor dies in Fredericton. Born in Fredericton in 1838, Taylor pioneered photography in the province - extensively documenting everyday life in New Brunswick throughout the last half of the 19th century.
April 5, 1932
Henry T. Austin in Blacks Harbour, home of Connors Bros. Ltd., the largest sardine plant of its kind in the world, patents a Sardine Can that is openable with a detachable key.
April 5, 1949
The coat of arms for the mythical “Republic of Madawaska”, designed by P.C. Laporte and J. Gaspard Boucher, is officially registered in Ottawa. Ten knights sit on the Executive of the Order of the Republic, with the Mayor of Edmundston as President.
April 5, 1842
The first public museum in Canada opens in Saint John at the Mechanics Institute. The Gesner Museum includes more than 2,000 items, mainly in the natural history field, and becomes the forerunner of the New Brunswick Museum.
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Message Posted: Mar 19, 2013 11:40:36 AM
March 19, 1687
La Salle was assassinated by his own men in present-day Texas.
March 19, 1825
The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River, near present-day Portland, Oregon.
March 19, 1985
Violinist Arthur Leblanc dies in Quebec City. Born in St-Anselme in 1906, Arthur Leblanc was recognized world-wide for his extraordinary ability to produce music of “extreme beauty and purity”.
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Message Posted: Mar 18, 2013 11:29:22 AM
March 18, 1836
The Hudson's Bay Company steamer Beaver, the first on the Pacific Coast, arrived at Fort Vancouver (near present-day Portland, Oregon).
March 18, 1837
Psychiatrist Richard Bucke, founder of the School of Medicine at University of Western Ontario, was born at Methwold, Eng.
March 18, 1957
The first McCain’s Food Ltd. potato processing plant is opened in Florenceville by Harrison and Wallace McCain. The 8 oz packages of French-fried potatoes sell for 39 cents each.
March 18, 1936
Moncton is chosen as the first Archdiocese in New Brunswick and on December 1 Mgr. Louis-Joseph-Arthur Melanson is appointed Archbishop.
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Message Posted: Mar 17, 2013 9:36:22 PM
March 17, 0
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March 17, 1810
The first issue of the Kingston Gazette (now the Whig-Standard) was published.
March 17, 1815
Samuel Zimmerman, best-known railway contractor of his time, was born in Huntington County, Pa.
March 17, 1866
The United States ends Reciprocity - the free trade agreement with British North America - under suspicion of Britain's attempts to assist the South during the American Civil War.
March 17, 1902
William Pugsley introduces a Bill in the House of Assembly to provide New Brunswick workers with protection and compensation for injuries received on the job. The Workmen's Compensation for Injuries Act is passed a year later.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2013 11:44:25 AM
March 15, 1935
Painter Mary Pratt was born at Fredericton, NB.
March 15, 1943
Filmmaker David Cronenberg was born at Toronto.
March 15, 1851
New Brunswick enacts a law to begin construction of the European and North American Railroad. The proposed route is to extend from the Nova Scotia border in Westmorland County, south, to Bangor and Portland Maine.
March 15, 1744
France declares war on Britain in an all-out struggle that becomes known in Europe as the War of the Austrian Succession. In British North America, however, the conflict is called King George's War.
March 15, 1961
The town of Caraquet is incorporated.
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March 14, 1830
Abigail Becker, "The Heroine of Long Point," was born in Frontenac County, UC.
March 14, 1868
Emily Murphy, first woman magistrate in the British Empire, was born at Cookstown, Ont.
March 14, 1947 A Red Cross medical center is established at Miscou Harbour, under the direction of Kathleen DeMarsh. She is provided with a horse for her transportation, a gift from the Rothesay branch of the Red Cross.
March 14, 1899
Industrialist K. C. Irving is born in Bouctouche. Starting with a used tank and a few trucks, he founds the Irving Oil Co. in the mid 1920's , and eventually establishes a vast business empire that employs 1 out of every 12 workers in the province.
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Message Posted: Mar 13, 2013 11:23:54 AM
March 13, 1850
Sir Hugh Macdonald, lawyer and premier of Man, the only surviving son of Sir John A. Macdonald, was born at Kingston, Canada W.
March 13, 1885
BC passed the Chinese Restriction Act, refusing entry to Chinese immigrants; it was disallowed by the federal government on March 31.
March 13, 1769
After the Seven Year's War between France and Great Britain, permission is granted to Alexis Landry to re-establish at Caraquet.
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March 12, 1795
William Lyon Mackenzie, a central and controversial figure in pre-Confederation political life, was born at Dundee, Scot.
March 12, 1821
Sir John Abbott, the first prime minister born in Canada, was born at St Andrews East, LC.
March 12, 1955
The Château Albert in Caraquet, originally built in 1907 and designed by architect Nazaire Dugas, is destroyed by fire. A replica now exists within the Village Historique Acadien.
March 12, 1819
William Pagan, one of New Brunswick's richest Loyalist businessmen, dies in Saint John.
March 12, 1664
Charles II of England grants the western region of Acadia between the St. Croix River and the Kennebec River to James, Duke of York.
March 12, 1822
Sir Albert J. Smith, Premier, Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and first Canadian-born to be knighted, is born in Shediac.
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March 11, 1913
Composer John Weinzweig, the first Canadian to explore 12-tone technique, was born at Toronto.
March 11, 1924
Dancer Eva Von Gencsy, founder of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, was born at Budapest, Hungary.
March 11, 1818
The petition of Saint John bakers to prohibit the importing of hard bread from the United States is refused by the Executive Council.
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