1752 in Canada
Years in Canada: | 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s |
Years: | 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 |
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Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière then Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Francis William Drake
Events
- French kill Miami chief, fortify the Ohio Valley region with forts from Lake Erie to the forks of the Ohio River
- Canada's first newspaper, the weekly Halifax Gazette, appears (March 23).
- La Corne began a three-year appointment as the western commander of the poste de l'Ouest
- The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.
Births
- February 25 - John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (d.1806)
Deaths
- Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, governor general of New France, on March 17 (born 1685)
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