1799 in Canada

none April 2026 February 2021 1799 Events from the year 1799 in Canada. Incumbents Monarch: George IIIKings and Queens of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/royal-family/kings-queens.html#e2 aem 24 February 2021 11 August 2017 Federal government Parliament of Lower Canada: 2nd Parliament of Upper Canada: 2nd Governors Governor of the Canadas: Robert Prescott then Robert Milnes Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning Governor of Upper Canada: John Graves Simcoe then Peter Hunter Events David Thompson marries Charlotte Small North West Company establishes a fur post at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. The nearby Hudson's Bay Company fur post which is also established at this time is called Acton House. Alexander Mackenzie resigns from North West Company George Vancouver's Journeys to the North Pacific Ocean published in London Handsome Lake, a Seneca chief, founds the Longhouse religion Russian-American Fur Company chartered; launches aggressive policy in Aleutians and on Northwest Coast. American competition for West Indies trade kills Liverpool, Nova Scotia's merchant fleet. Alexander Baranov establishes Russian post known today as Old Sitka; trade charter grants exclusive trading rights to the Russian American Company. Vermont answers Indian chiefs, in Canada, that their claims were extinguished by treaties of 1763 and 1783 between France, Great Britain and the United States. Two cases are filed challenging slavery in New Brunswick: R v Jones and R v Agnew. Births September 8 – Sir William Young, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1887) October 30 – Ignace Bourget, bishop of the Diocese of Montreal (d.1885) Full date unknown Joseph Cunard, merchant, shipbuilder and politician (d.1865) Deaths January 15 – Alexander McKee, agent for the Indian Department (b.1735) Full date unknown Philip Turnor, HBC inland surveyor (b.1751) References 1799 in 99