1738 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1738 Events from the year 1738 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: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Events Smallpox strikes the Cherokee in the U.S. Southeast, killing almost half the population. Smallpox also reaches tribes in western Canada.October 2017 Esther Brandeau, in the guise of a cabin boy, is the first known Jewish woman to arrive in Canada. Eventually she is deported to France for failing to embrace the Roman Catholic religion. Fort Rouge (the fort), built on the Assiniboine River near the Forks. Fort La Reine, one of the forts of the Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye western expansion, was built. It was located on the Assiniboine River near where present day Portage la Prairie stands. Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye travelled southwest from Fort La Reine to the area of the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. Births June 25 - Thomas Peters, black soldier and leader (died 1792) References 1738 in Category:1730s in Canada Category:1738 in New France Canada 38