1752 in Canada
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Events from the year 1752 in Canada.
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
- 23 March – Canada's first newspaper, the weekly Halifax Gazette, is published.[3]
- French kill Miami chief, fortify the Ohio Valley region with forts from Lake Erie to the forks of the Ohio River.
- 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
- 25 February – 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 17 March (born 1685)
References
- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Eaman, Ross (15 April 2021). Historical Dictionary of Journalism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-5381-2504-5.