1850 in Canada
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Events from the year 1850 in Canada.
1849 in Canada
1849 in Canada
See also:1848 in Canada,other events of 1849,1850 in Canada.----Events from the year 1849 in Canada.-Events:*January 1 - King's College becomes the University of Toronto...
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other events of 1850,
1851 in Canada
1851 in Canada
See also:1850 in Canada,other events of 1851,1852 in Canada.----Events from the year 1851 in Canada.-Events:*April 7 - The first Canadian postage stamps are printed*April 25 - Prince Edward Island wins responsible government...
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Events from the year 1850 in Canada.
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- January 14 - Malcolm CameronMalcolm CameronMalcolm Cameron was a Canadian businessman and politician.He was born at Trois-Rivières in Lower Canada in 1808 and grew up in Lanark County in Upper Canada. At the age of 15, he found work in the Montreal area but later returned to Perth to complete his schooling. In 1828, he became a merchant in...
visits Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
about a trade reciprocity agreement. - October 11 - The St. Lawrence and Atlantic RailroadSt. Lawrence and Atlantic RailroadThe St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short line railroad operating between Portland, Maine on the Atlantic Ocean and Montreal, Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Canada-U.S...
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- In the United States, the Fugitive Slave ActFugitive Slave Law of 1850The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. This was one of the most controversial acts of the 1850 compromise and heightened...
is passed. It provides that even free persons can be made a slave if suspected of being a runaway. As a result, more fugitive slaves and free Black persons come to Canada. - The site of John ByJohn ByLieutenant-Colonel John By was a British military engineer, best remembered for supervising the construction of the Rideau Canal and, in the process, founding what would become the city of Ottawa....
's headquarters during the construction of the Rideau CanalRideau CanalThe Rideau Canal , also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and is still in use today, with most of its...
is incorporated as BytownBytownBytown is the former name of Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It was founded on on September 26, 1826, incorporated as a town on January 1, 1850, and superseded by the incorporation of the City of Ottawa on January 1, 1855. The founding was marked by a sod turning, and a letter from Governor General...
. - GoldGoldGold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
discovered in British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, and coalCoalCoal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
on Vancouver IslandVancouver IslandVancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
. - The Canadian government passes the Railway Guarantee Act.
January to June
- January 27 - Louis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe HébertLouis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...
, sculptor (d.19171917 in Canada-January to June:*February 1 - James Alexander Murray becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George Johnson Clarke*April 4 - Walter Foster becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Murray*April 9 - April 14 - Battle of Vimy Ridge....
) - April 15 - William Thomas PipesWilliam Thomas PipesWilliam Thomas Pipes was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.- Biography :Pipes was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He ran in the 1878 federal election against Charles Tupper, but was unable to wrest away Tupper's seat in the Canadian House of Commons...
, politician and Premier of Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
(d.19091909 in Canada-Events:* January 11 - The Boundary Waters Treaty signed.* February 23 - The first powered flight in Canada is made by John McCurdy aboard the Silver Dart.* March 22 - 1909 Alberta election: Alexander Rutherford's Liberals win a second consecutive majority....
) - April 29 - George MurdochGeorge MurdochGeorge Murdoch was the first mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was born in Paisley, Scotland, and died in Calgary, Alberta....
, politician and 1st Mayor of CalgaryCalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
(d.19101910 in CanadaEvents from the year 1910 in Canada.-Events:*January 3 - Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other - headline in London Times...
) - March 13 - Hugh John MacdonaldHugh John MacdonaldSir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...
, politician, Minister and 8th Premier of ManitobaPremier of ManitobaThe Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...
(d.19291929 in Canada-Events:*January 10 - Lomer Gouin becomes Quebec's 15th Lieutenant Governor, serving until his death on March 28, 1929.*March 22 - The Canadian schooner and rum-runner I'm Alone was sunk by the US Coast Guard....
) - May 1 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and StrathearnPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
, 10th Governor General of CanadaGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
(d.19421942 in Canada-Events:* January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec* February 26 - Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.* April 27 - A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription...
) - May 6 - Joseph-Hormisdas LegrisJoseph-Hormisdas LegrisJoseph-Hormisdas Legris was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly , Member of Parliament and Senator.-Early life:He was born on May 6, 1850 in Louiseville, Mauricie...
, politician and Senator (d.19321932 in Canada-Events:* February 17 - The "Mad Trapper" is killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Yukon* June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards...
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July to December
- July 11 - John Augustus BarronJohn Augustus BarronJohn Augustus Barron was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1887 as Member of the Liberal Party in the riding of Victoria North. He was re-elected in 1891 but unseated by petition and lost in the riding by-election on February 11, 1892...
, politician and lawyer (d.19361936 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI*Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister: Mackenzie King*Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King*Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie...
) - September 27 - William PugsleyWilliam PugsleyWilliam Pugsley, PC, QC was a politician and lawyer in New Brunswick, Canada.He was born in Sussex, New Brunswick, the son of William Pugsley, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and Frances Jane Hayward. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick. He studied mathematics, classics, and...
, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New BrunswickPremier of New BrunswickThe Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
(d.19251925 in Canada-Events:*February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.*February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.*April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland...
) - December 15 - Joseph-Alphonse Couture, veterinarian
- December 31 - John Wycliffe Lowes ForsterJohn Wycliffe Lowes ForsterJohn Wycliffe Lowes Forster was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits, particularly those relating to Canadian history. Much of his work can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.-Works:-External links:...
, artist (d.19381938 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch - George VI*Governor General - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King-Events:*June 8 - Saskatchewan general election: William John Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority...
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- Daniel J. GreeneDaniel J. GreeneDaniel Joseph Greene was a Newfoundland politician who briefly served as the colony's Premier.A native of St. John's, he studied law at Laval University and became a lawyer. Daniel Greene was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1875 and became Leader of the Opposition in 1887...
, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d.19111911 in Canada-Events:* May 16 - James Palmer becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing F. L. Haszard* June 14 - Nova Scotia election: George Henry Murray's Liberals win a second consecutive majority...
) - Charles BraithwaiteCharles BraithwaiteCharles Braithwaite was a Manitoba politician and agrarian leader. From 1891 to 1897, he was the leader of the province's Patrons of Industry....
, politician and agrarian leader (d.19101910 in CanadaEvents from the year 1910 in Canada.-Events:*January 3 - Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other - headline in London Times...
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Deaths
- February 23 - Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron AylmerMatthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron AylmerMatthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer was a British military officer and colonial administrator.- Napoleonic Wars :...
, army officer and colonial administrator (b.17751775 in Canada-Events:* 1775-83: Demands by the American colonists that they be represented in the English Parliament lead to the American Revolution.* April 19 - The Revolutionary War begins, at Lexington....
) - April 23 - William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
, poet (b.17701770 in Canada-Events:* December - Samuel Hearne departs on his third voyage of discovery* The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established-Births:*April 7 - William Wordsworth, in Cockermouth, England...
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