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1779 in Canada
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1779
Events from the year 1779 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
Governors
Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand
Governor of Nova Scotia: Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards
Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson
Deaths
February 14 – James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (born 1728)
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