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EVENTS

Halifax native Samuel Cunard chooses Boston as the western terminus for his steamships.

Lord Cathcart , the new governor, arrives.

The Rebellion Losses Commission sits.

The Welland Canal is opened.

BIRTHS

January 9 - Félicité Angers , better known as Laure Conan , author

January 14 - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess Of Lansdowne , Governor General

February 13 - William Topley , photographer

May 4 - Louis Henry Davies , Premier of PEI

June 9 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl Of Minto , Governor General

July 11 - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne , naturalist

August 6 - John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke Of Argyll , Governor General

November 10 - John Thompson , Prime Minister

DEATHS