1745 in Canada

none April 2026 October 2021 1745 Events from the year 1745 in Canada. Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George II30 December 2015 George I https://www.royal.uk/george-i-r-1714-1727 18 April 2016 Official web site of the British monarchy Governors Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards Events 16 June 1745 - After a six-week siege, the French fort of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island falls to the British colonial forces from New England organized by Governor William Shirley. This intensifies hostilities in what is known as King George's War, an extension of the European War of the Austrian Succession. The English go on to make new conquests from the French in the West Indies. Births Samuel Hearne, explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist (died 1792) References 2 1745 in Category:1740s in Canada Category:1745 in New France Canada 45