1752 in Canada

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See also 1751 in Canada,Other events of 1752,1753 in Canada, Timeline of Canadian history

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• 1752-59: The Seven Years' War, King George's War: -- English (in New Canada) and French (in New France) duke it out, with Indian allies on each side. Both sides build forts or fortify trading posts in Indian country on the above map. Choctaw, Tuscarora, Yamasee, Cherokee, some Creeks, fight against English; Mohawks, Chickasaw fight for English against French.
• French kill Miami chief, fortify the Ohio Valley region with forts from Lake Erie to the forks of the Ohio River
• Canada's first newspaper, the weekly Halifax Gazette, appears (March 23).
• La Corne began a three-year appointment as the western commander of the poste de l’Ouest
• The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.

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[edit] Deaths

• Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, governor general of New France, on March 17th (born 1685)
• General Montcalm, sent by King of France. Died just after the Capture of Quebec.