1856 in Canada

none April 2026 August 2022 1856 Events from the year 1856 in Canada. Incumbents Monarch — VictoriaQueen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 5 December 2022 Federal government Parliament — 5th Governors Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head Premiers Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — Canada West Premier , Canada East Premier British North America Colonies Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling Premier of Newfoundland — Philip Francis Little Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant Premier of Nova Scotia — William Young Governor of New Brunswick — John Manners-Sutton Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl Events March 30 – The Crimean War, fought by British Empire, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.5 March 2020 This month in history: The Crimean War and the 1856 Treaty of Paris https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103526 10 July 2024 thegazette.co.uk May 15 – Creation of the village of Embrun, Ontario. October 27 – The two halves of the Grand Trunk Railway are joined with the construction of the Oshawa–Brockville section of the original mainline. Celebratory trains meet near the centre of the line at Kingston. The western terminus of the mainline is the east bank of the Don River.https://www.trha.ca/trha/history/railways/grand-trunk-railway/ Grand Trunk Railway Toronto Railway Historical Association Adam Peltenburg November 17, 2022 Formation of the British Methodist Episcopal Church (BME), an all Black church. While surveying lands recently acquired by the Crown under the Robinson-Huron Treaty,Saarinen Oiva W. 2013 From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury Wilfrid Laurier University Press 978-1-55458-837-4 41 British land surveyor Albert Salter observes a significant magnetic anomaly near the future site of Creighton Mine in modern-day Northern Ontario. This is an early scientific observation of the vast mineral resources of the Sudbury Basin.https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/plaques/salters-meridian-1856 Ontario Heritage Trust Salter's Meridian 1856 5 August 2022 Births May 16 – Charles Melville Hays, railway executive (died 1912) May 20 – Eliza Ritchie, feminist July 6 – Kate Simpson Hayes, playwright and legislative librarian (died 1945) July 31 – John Oliver, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1927) Deaths December – Samuel Street Wilmot, surveyor, tanner, farmer, justice of the peace, and assemblyman in Upper Canada (b. 1773) References 1856 in Canada Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Category:1856 in North America