1853 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1853 Events from the year 1853 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: 4th Governors Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly Premiers Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl Events February 23 – A description of the proposed bridge across the St. Lawrence is published. June 6 – Gavazzi Riot in Quebec are quelled by military.Aspinwall Bernard https://books.google.com/books?id=9Ou_cQAACAAJ Rev. Alessandro Gavazzi (1808-1889) and Scottish Identity: A Chapter in Nineteenth Century Anti-catholicism 2006 Catholic Record Society en June 26 – Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal. July – Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot. July 15 – The Grand Trunk Railway merges numerous smaller Canadian railways into a conglomerate, while also leasing an American railway, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, giving it access to the year-round Atlantic port at Portland, Maine.http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History Colin Churcher website 2011-08-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060829044454/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm 2006-08-29 Full date unknown Mary Ann Shadd becomes the first woman in North America to become editor of a newspaper. Working out of Chatham, Ontario, she publishes, edits and writes in the Provincial Freeman, a newspaper serving the Black community in Ontario. Russian explorer-trappers find oil seeps in Cook Inlet. Births February 15 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (died 1937) March 23 – Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (died 1934) July 18 – William McGuigan, politician and 10th Mayor of Vancouver (died 1908) August 10 – Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1918) September 25 – Henry Emmerson, lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and 8th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1914) November 13 – Joseph Boutin Bourassa, politician (died 1943) December 19 – Charles Fitzpatrick, lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1942) Deaths February 5 – Thomas Talbot, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (born 1771) March 31 – William Crane, merchant, justice of the peace, judge, and politician (born 1785) June 7 – Norbert Provencher, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (born 1787) June 28 – Benjamin Eby, Mennonite bishop and founder of Ebytown in Upper Canada (born 1785) July 11 – William Allan, banker and politician (born 1770) November 8 – Friedrich Gaukel, farmer, distiller and innkeeper who helped to transform the pioneer settlement of Ebytown into Berlin, OntarioBiography – GAUKEL, FRIEDRICH – Volume VIII (1851-1860) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gaukel_friedrich_8E.html 2022-11-18 www.biographi.ca References 1853 in Canada Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Category:1853 in North America