1741 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2021 October 2025 1741 Events from the year 1741 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 First Fort Dauphin, was built near Winnipegosis, Manitoba. Vitus Bering, in service of Russia, reaches Alaska; Russians soon trade with natives for sea otter pelts. Alexei Chirikof, with Bering expedition, sights land on July 15; the Europeans had found Alaska. Russians Vitus Bering and Aleksi Cherikov 'discover' Alaska and bring back fur skins (Bering shipwrecked on return and died); the Fur Rush is on. The lives of early Alaskans remained basically unchanged for thousands of years, until Russian sailors, led by Danish-born Russian explorer Vitus Bering, sighted Alaska's mainland in 1741. The Russians were soon followed by British, Spanish, and American adventurers. But it was the Russians who stayed to trade for the pelts of sea otters and other fur-bearing animals, interjecting their own culture and staking a strong claim on Alaska. Once the fur trade declined, however, the Russians lost interest in this beautiful though largely unexplored land. Fort Bourbon established near present-day Grand Rapids, Manitoba. François-Josué de la Corne Dubreuil appointed commandant at Fort Kaministiquia. Births 6 June - Denis Viger, businessman and politician 19 September - Jacob Jordan, businessman and politician 3 November - Joshua Upham, lawyer, judge and politician 6 November - Joseph-Laurent Bertrand, priest References 2 1741 in Category:1740s in Canada Category:1741 in New France 41