• February 15 – Chevalier DeLorimier and others who joined in the
Rebellion are executed. • April 11 – Death of
John Galt, novelist, one of the originators of the British American Land Company. • June 24 – Last meeting of the Committee of Trade, forerunner of the Board of Trade. • September 19 – Opening of the
Albion Mines Railway in Nova Scotia, an early Canadian steam-driven
mining railway • September 26 – Canadian rebels are transported to
New South Wales. • October 19 –
Charles Thomson, Governor of Upper and Lower Canada, arrives. It is determined that Upper and Lower Canada shall share revenue in the ratio of 2 to 3.
Full date unknown •
Lord Durham's
report recommends the establishment of responsible government and the
union of Upper and Lower Canada to speed the assimilation of French-speaking Canadians. • Territorial disputes between lumbermen from Maine and New Brunswick lead to armed conflict in the Aroostook River valley (the
Aroostook War). • First Horse Railway in Upper Canada. •
Mount Allison University founded by Charles Frederick Allison in Sackville, New Brunswick. ==Births==