1861 in Canada
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Events from the year 1861 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- April 14 - A major flood hits Montreal
- April 15 - Nova Scotia: resolution for provincial union by Joseph Howe for referral to the other British North American provinces in July.
- May 13 - The UK declares its neutrality in American Civil War.
- June 1 - The UK bans naval craft or privateers of American belligerents from carrying prizes into British ports or territorial waters.
- November 8 - The Trent Affair: British packet steamer Trent stopped by Northern warship in international waters. Two Confederate diplomats taken off and imprisoned in Boston.
- November 28 - Viscount Monck becomes Governor-General.
- December 3 - The UK sends reinforcements to British North America.
- December 23 - The UK demands release of Confederate diplomats taken from Trent.
- December 26 - Confederate diplomats taken from Trent released.
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- Joseph Howe became Premier of Nova Scotia
- Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott becomes the first Canadian Born Black to graduate from medical school.
- The Cariboo Gold Rush starts in British Columbia.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 15 - Joseph-Mathias Tellier, politician (d.1952)
- March 10 - Pauline Johnson, poet, writer and performer (d.1913)
- March 10 - Clifford Sifton, politician and Minister (d.1929)
- March 19 - Lomer Gouin, politician and 13th Premier of Quebec (d.1929)
- March 20 - Herménégilde Boulay, politician (d.1942)
- April 13 - Margaret Saunders, artist
- April 15 - Bliss Carman, poet (d.1929)
- June 7 - George Henry Murray, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1929)
[edit] July to December
- July 11 - John Best, politician (d.1923)
- September 5 - Tobias Norris, politician and 10th Premier of Manitoba (d.1936)
- September 18 - Ella Cora Hind, journalist and women's rights activist (d.1942)
- September 19 - Charles Ernest Gault, politician (d.1946)
- October 31 - James Bowman, politician (d.1940)
- November 4 - Raoul Dandurand, politician (d.1942)
- November 6 - James Naismith, sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball (d.1939)
- November 17 - Archibald Lampman, poet (d.1899)
- December 22 - Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist (d.1922)
[edit] Deaths
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