1864 in Canada

none April 2026 April 2015 1864 Events from the year 1864 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – VictoriaQueen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 5 December 2022 Federal government Parliament — 8th Governors Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Anthony Musgrave Governor of New Brunswick — Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon Governor of Nova Scotia — Charles Hastings Doyle then Richard Graves MacDonnell then Sir William Fenwick Williams Governor of Prince Edward Island — George Dundas Premiers Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada – John Alexander Macdonald, Canada West Premier Étienne-Paschal Taché, Canada East Premier Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles Premiers of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley Premiers of Nova Scotia – Charles Tupper Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Hamilton Gray Events June 29 – St-Hilaire train disaster : A train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East. The Grand Trunk Railway train runs into the Richelieu River, killing 99. June 30 – Macdonald-Cartier "Great Coalition" government formed. July 18 – US Civil War: North-South negotiations begin at Niagara Falls, New York September 1 – September 9: Charlottetown Conference, noted as the first step towards Confederationhttp://www.pei2014.ca/history_pg1 Birthplace of Confederation:The 1864 Charlottetown Conference 26 April 2015 none https://web.archive.org/web/20150509154203/http://www.pei2014.ca/history_pg1 9 May 2015 dead September 19 – Confederate agents use Canada as base for attempt to free Confederate prisoners of war on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie. October 10 – October 27: Quebec Conference,http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/quebec.html The Quebec Conference, October 1864 26 April 2015 none identified 72 resolutions for the British North America Act, 1867 October 19 – St. Albans Raidhttp://www.virtualvermont.com/history/staraid.html The St, Albans Raid 26 April 2015 none Births thumb|right|100px|William Howard Hearst January 11 – Henry Marshall Tory,https://sites.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/history/peoplep-z/47OctTory.htm Henry Marshall Tory 2021-05-05 2020-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20201019082316/https://sites.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/history/peoplep-z/47OctTory.htm dead Canadian university founder (died 1947) February 15http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/new/interest/stories/archives/hearst William Howard Hearst Mount Pleasant Group 26 April 2015 none 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085945/http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/new/interest/stories/archives/hearst dead – Sir William Howard Hearst, politician and 7th Premier of Ontario (died 1941) March 31 – J. J. Kelso,http://canadachannel.ca/canadianbirthdays/index.php/John_Joseph_Kelso John Joseph Kelso Canada Channel 26 April 2015 none journalist and social activist (died 1935) July 27 – Ernest Howard Armstrong, journalist, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1946) October 3 – William Robson, politician (died 1941) October 8 – Ozias Leduc,http://www.geni.com/people/Ozias-Leduc/6000000021122040636 Ozias Leduc 8 October 1864 16 April 2015 none painter (died 1955) November 9 – James Alexander Murray, politician and Premier of New Brunswick (died 1960) November 24http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=d9d79a0d-93d8-4fb2-953f-df2e0ffb0539&Language=E Parliament of Canada 26 April 2015 none 24 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150324105329/http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=d9d79a0d-93d8-4fb2-953f-df2e0ffb0539&Language=E dead – John Wesley Brien, physician and politician (died 1949) December 14 – Henry Edgarton Allen, politician Deaths February 20 – Rose Fortune,http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rose-fortune/ Rose Fortune-The Canadian Encyclopedia The Canadian Encyclopedia 26 April 2015 none entrepreneur (born 1774) February 26 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, politician (born 1807) April 29 – Abraham Pineo Gesner, physician and surgeon, geologist, and inventor (born 1797) References 2 1864 in Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Canada Category:1864 in North America