1765 in Canada
Encyclopedia
Events
- May 18 – Fire destroys one quarter of the town of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. - The Stamp ActStamp Act 1765The Stamp Act 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp...
increases discontent. A Stamp Act Congress meets to protest the Act. - Reserve system in Canada begins with the provision of a tract of land for the Maliseet tribe.
Deaths
- July 4 - Claude-Godefroy CoquartClaude-Godefroy CoquartClaude-Godefroy Coquart was a Jesuit priest who probably arrived in Quebec in 1739. He was almost immediately assigned to accompany La Vérendrye to the western forts...
, missionarie (b. 17061706 in Canada-Deaths:* July 9 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville - Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana ....
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