1861 in Canada
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See also: 1860 in Canada, other events of 1861, 1862 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'
[edit] Events
- April 14 - A major flood hits Montreal
- April 15 - Nova Scotia: resolution for provincial union by Joseph Howe for referral to the other British North American provinces in July.
- May 13 - The UK declares its neutrality in American Civil War.
- June 1 - The UK bans naval craft or privateers of American belligerents from carrying prizes into British ports or territorial waters.
- November 8 - The Trent Affair: British packet steamer Trent stopped by Northern warship in international waters. Two Confederate diplomats taken off and imprisoned in Boston.
- November 28 - Viscount Monck becomes Governor-General.
- December 3 - The UK sends reinforcements to British North America.
- December 23 - The UK demands release of Confederate diplomats taken from Trent.
- December 26 - Confederate diplomats taken from Trent released.
- Joseph Howe became Premier of Nova Scotia
- Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott becomes the first Canadian Born Black to graduate from medical school.
- The Cariboo Gold Rush starts in British Columbia.
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Joseph-Mathias Tellier, Quebec premier
- March 10 - E. Pauline Johnson, poet
- March 10 - Clifford Sifton, politician
- March 19 - Lomer Gouin, politician
- April 13 - Margaret Saunders, artist
- April 15 - Bliss Carman, poet
- June 7 - George H. Murray, Premier of Nova Scotia
- July 11 - John Best, politician
- September 5 - Tobias C. Norris, Premier of Manitoba
- September 18 - Ella Cora Hind, journalist
- September 19 - Charles Ernest Gault, Quebec politician
- November 4 - Raoul Dandurand, politician
- November 6 - James Naismith, inventor of basketball
- November 17 - Archibald Lampman, poet
- December 22 - Sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist
