1745 in Canada
Encyclopedia
Events
- Louisbourg surrenders to English after six-week siege (June 17).
- English forces take Louisbourg and make new conquests from the French in the West Indies.
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Governor William Shirley takes the French Fortress Louisbourg. - Battle of CullodenBattle of CullodenThe Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Taking place on 16 April 1746, the battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the British government...
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Births
- Samuel HearneSamuel HearneSamuel Hearne was a an English explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, actually Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River...
, explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist (d.17921792 in Canada-Events:* Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov.* Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the British Columbia Coast....
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