1734 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1734 Events from the year 1734 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: Jean-Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville Governor of Nova Scotia: Lawrence Armstrong Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Edward Falkingham Events Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye establishes the first Fort Maurepas on the Red River about five leagues south of Lake Winnipeg, third of the main La Vérendrye posts. (Fort Saint Pierre on Rainy River; reactivated; Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods.) A Montreal slave named Marie-Joseph Angelique learns that she is to be sold to someone else. Possibly, to obscure her attempt to escape, she may have set fire to the house of her mistress, Thérèse de Couagne. The fire could not be contained, causing damage to half of Old Montreal. She was charged, tried and hanged, bringing attention to the conditions of the slaves. Births January 10 – Fleury Mesplet, French-born Canadian printer November 22 – Jean-Louis Besnard, merchant trader based out of Montreal Deaths June 21: Marie-Josèphe-Angélique, accused of setting a fire in April that burned part of Montréal. References 1734 in Category:1730s in Canada Category:1734 in New France Canada 34