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- September 7 Dr. Samuel JohnsonSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson , often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer...
born in LichfieldLichfieldLichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...
, StaffordshireStaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. (d.17841784 in Canada-Events:* August 16 -: In response to Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia.* 1784-: North West Company Built up Grand portage as a general summer rendezvous for all companies and free traders, drawing furs from as far as Oregon and the Arctic Circle.* David Thompson...
) - September 26 - Jean-Louis Le LoutreJean-Louis Le LoutreAbbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society...
, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (d.17721772 in Canada-Events:* Samuel Hearne explores Coppermine River to Arctic Ocean.* HBC Mathey Cocking, to Blackfeet country west of Eagle Hills.* The Hudson's Bay Company opens Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River....
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