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Events from the year 1709 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XIV
- British and Irish Monarch: Anne
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle
Events
- In New France, slavery becomes legal.
Getivagen attacks Canada.
Births
- September 7 (O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784)
- September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)
Deaths
- August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
- September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)
Historical Documents
"Inhabitants remaining[...]are in a very bad condition" - Report to Queen Anne of aftermath of French attack on St. John's, Newfoundland[1]
"Rotten and decay'd" - Indigenous spies sent by New York government report Canadian fortifications (except at Quebec City) are poor[2]
"So great a plague to all Plantations in America" - New Englanders eager to attack Port Royal and its "nest of spoilers and robbers"[3]
Inhabitants of Buoys Island (off Ferryland, Newfoundland) get evacuation offer but stay to meet possible third French attack[4]
References
- ^ "139 Council of Trade and Plantations to the Queen" (February 23, 1710). Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp34-54
- ^ 621iv a) and b); Reports of spies returned from Canada (1709). Accessed 28 January 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol24/pp408-426
- ^ 794; Letter of Governor Dudley et al. (Boston, October 24, 1709), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709. Accessed 28 January 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol24/pp482-503
- ^ Richard Amiss and 38 others, Petition to Governor Joseph Dudley of Massachusetts (May 1709). Accessed 28 January 2021 https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/petition-richard-amiss-1709.php