1708 in Canada

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Events from the year 1708 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV^[1]
• British and Irish Monarch: Anne^[2]

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil^[3]
• Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase^[4]
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville^[5]
• Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle^[6]

Births

• Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye born December 6 of this year. Already in ill health, he died while travelling from Fort Maurepas (Canada) on the Red River to Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods. He was buried near the junction of the Red and Roseau rivers (died 1736).^[7]

Deaths

• May 6 - François de Laval, 1st Bishop of Quebec (born 1623)^[8]

Historical documents

"Canada Survey'd, or the French Dominions upon the Continent of America briefly considered in their situation, strength, trade and number"^[9]

Two descriptions of the capture of St. John's, Newfoundland by the French^[10]

"This nott more than 3 minutes after ye first musquetts firing" - Fall of Fort William at St. John's to French, Canadian and Indigenous force^[11]

References

1. "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
2. Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN 0959-8138.
3. "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
4. "Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
5. "Government House Table of Contents". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
6. "Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D' – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
7. "Biography – DUFROST DE LA JEMERAIS, CHRISTOPHE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
8. "François de Montmorency Laval | French bishop | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
9. "Canada Survey'd, or the French Dominions upon the Continent of America briefly considered in their situation, strength, trade and number, more particularly how vastly prejudiciall they are to the British interest, and a method proposed of easily removing them" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709, pgs. 40-56. Accessed 7 October 2017
10. "528. Lord Dartmouth to the Council of Trade and Plantations: 528. iii. George Vane to Lord Dartmouth. Aug. 2, 1710; 528 iv. Extracts of letters from Mr. John Collins to his brother, Edwd. Collins, Minister of Wimbledon, Surrey. (a) St. Johns, July 16, 1709" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 7 October 2017
11. "190 i Narrative of the state of Fort William and the surprise thereof" (received April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021