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1849
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Events from the year1849 in Canada.

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  • January 1 – King's College becomes theUniversity of Toronto
  • February 10 – The Governor, Ministers, MPs and Montreal's council visitSt. Hyacinthe, on theSt. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.
  • April 7 – A large fire engulfsToronto's downtown section. Started at 1 a.m. of an unknown cause, it started behind a tavern in the market section catching some hay then spread rapidly before destroying numerous buildings, including St. James cathedral. Flames could be seen from across Lake Ontario atSt. Catharines, 40 km distant.
  • April 25 – For sanctioning theRebellion Losses Bill,Lord Elgin is mobbed by Tories and the Parliament House in Montreal is burned.
  • April 29 – BrigHannah carrying emigrants fromNewry in Ireland fleeing theGreat Famine to Canada hits ice and sinks in theGulf of St. Lawrence and her senior officers abandon the passengers to their fate. Around one-third of those on board, 49, die.[2]
  • May – TheHayes House in Dalhousie Square leased for Parliamentary purposes. The parliament is to sit alternately inQuebec City andToronto.
  • May 29 – Gen. Rowan, Administrator.
  • July – A delegation ofAnishinaabe chiefs petitionLord Elgin to address the encroachment of mining interests on the shore ofLake Superior and north shore ofLake Huron in the absence of a formal treaty.[3]
  • September 17 – TheStony Monday Riot takes place inBytown
  • October 11 – TheMontreal Annexation Manifesto is published
  • December 26 – Electors askJ. McConnell, M.P.P. for Stanstead, if he favours annexation, which they believe will, alone, relieve depression.

Full date unknown

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Births

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George M. Dawson in May 1885.

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References

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  1. ^"Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved5 December 2022.
  2. ^"Awful Wreck of an Emigrant Ship".Armagh Guardian. 4 June 1849. Archived fromthe original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved28 February 2011.
  3. ^Hele, Karl S. (February 10, 2020)."Mica Bay Incident".The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022.
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