1746 in Canada

none April 2026 October 2021 October 2025 1746 Events from the year 1746 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: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: James Douglas Events Typhoid fever epidemic breaks out among the Micmac of Nova Scotia. August 30: Duc d'Anville Expedition, led by a French aristocrat, arrives at Chebucto (now Halifax Harbour) with 13,000 men in 70 ships. His orders from the King of France: Expel the British from Nova Scotia, then burn Boston and sack New England. Disease and dissension within the command structure defeats d'Anville's force, which despite its formidable strength has no discernible effect on the course of events in North America. October: Fortress Louisbourg and l'Ile-Royale are returned to France by the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle.7 February 2006 Louisbourg https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louisbourg#:~:text=with%20a%20baronetcy.-,Returned%20to%20France%2C%201748,betrayal%20by%20the%20British%20government. 16 December 2023 The Canadian Encyclopedia Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière was appointed governor general of New France on March 1, 1746, (b April 18, 1685 – d March 17, 1752) References 2 1746 in Category:1740s in Canada Category:1746 in New France Canada 46