1761 in Canada

none April 2026 February 2021 1761 Events from the year 1761 in Canada. Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George III31 December 2015 George III https://www.royal.uk/george-iii-r-1760-1820 18 April 2016 Official website of the British monarchy Royal Household Governors Governor of the Province of Quebec: Jeffery Amherst Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Louis Billouart Governor of Nova Scotia: Jonathan Belcher Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards Events Wednesday July 29 – The British terms of peace are so hard that Choiseul declares: "I am as indifferent to peace as Pitt can be. I freely admit the King's desire for peace, and his Majesty may sign such a treaty, but my hand shall never be set to it." Tuesday October 6 – King George III offers Pitt the governorship of Canada, with £5,000 per annum, but, instead, makes Pitt's wife, Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham, a peeress; and £13,000 per annum is granted to the survivor of three of his family. Canada under Martial law. Births August 1 : Pierre-Louis Panet, notary and politician Deaths November 15 Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, French Canadian fur trader and explorer (born 1717)Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-joseph-gaultier-de-la-verendrye www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 24 February 2021 Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne, explorer (born 1703) References 1761 in Category:1760s in Canada Category:1761 in New France Canada 61