1800 in Canada
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Events from the year 1800 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament of Lower Canada: 2nd (until June 4)
- Parliament of Upper Canada: 2nd (until July 4)
Governors
Events
- Alexander Mackenzie, the explorer, joins XY Company.[2]
- April â United Irish Uprising in Newfoundland.
- May 30 â Bar of Quebec is founded.
- August â Upper Canada expands westward and further into the interior, as the first settlers arrive at the upper Grand River.[3]
- October 1 â Spain cedes Louisiana back to France.[4]
Births
- January 3 â Etienne-Michel Faillon, Catholic historian (d.1870)
- August 22 â Edward Barron Chandler, politician (d.1880)
- October 21 â René-Ãdouard Caron, 2nd Mayor of Quebec City and 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (d.1876)
- October 22 â James Ferrier, merchant, politician and 4th Mayor of Montreal (d.1888)
- November 21 â William Agar Adamson, Church of England clergyman and author (d.1868)
Deaths
- March 16 â Jean-Joseph Casot, last jesuit in Canada.