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EVENTS

January 10 - Governor General Of Canada Sir Charles Bagot arrives at Kingston, Ontario .

January 12 - '' The Islander '' is founded

August 9 - The Webster-Ashburton Treaty ends the Aroostook War , settling once and for all the Maine - New Brunswick Border dispute.

October 16 - Queen's University is founded

The first Railway in Nova Scotia is begun.

circa this year: The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows breaks from the Manchester Unity , soon opening lodges in Montreal and Halifax .

BIRTHS

January 1 - John Morison Gibson , Ontario politician

June 30 - William Smithe , Premier of British Columbia

July 19 - Charles Woodward , businessman

August 14 - Malcolm Alexander MacLean , Mayor of Vancouver

December 15 - Neil McLeod , Premier of PEI

December 28 - Calixa Lavallée , composer

DEATHS