1728 in Canada
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Events from the year 1728 in Canada.
Events
- Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of Lake Superior and stationed at Fort Kaministiquia[1]
- Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait.
Births
- November 7 [O.S. October 27] - James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (died 1779)
- Samuel Holland, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner (died 1801)
Deaths
- February 20 - J Raudot, Intendant of New France (born 1638)
References
- ↑ "1728 in Canada". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1974.
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