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EVENTS

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 ).

February 15 - Chevalier DeLorimier and others who joined in the Rebellion are executed.

April 11 - Death of John Galt , novelist. He was 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 26 - Canadian rebels are transported to New South Wales .

October 19 - Hon C. Thompson , 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.

First Horse Railway in Upper Canada.

BIRTHS

January 1 - Annie L. Jack , author

May 8 - Adolphe Basile Routhier , lyricist

October 8 - George E. King , Premier of New Brunswick

November 16 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette , writer

Augustus F. Goodridge , Premier of Newfoundland

James Colebrooke Patterson , politician

DEATHS