1740 in Canada

none April 2026 April 2015 1740 Events from the year 1740 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: Paul Mascarene Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Henry Medley Events 1740s: The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish. Itinerant Assiniboine Indians bring them from Mandan settlements to their own territories southwest of Lake Winnipeg. 1740-1748:http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/44477/War-of-the-Austrian-Succession Encyclopædia Britannica:War of the Austrian Succession War of the Austrian Succession Encyclopædia Britannica 25 March 2015 none The War of the Austrian Succession, with the American counterpart King George's War. Deaths August 20 : François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière, bishop of Quebec (b. 1711). References 2 1740 in Category:1740 in New France Category:1740s in Canada Canada 40