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Events

June 29 - An train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East . The Grand Trunk Railroad train runs into the Richelieu River , killing 99.

June 30 - Macdonald - Cartier "Great Coalition" government formed.

July 18 - North-South negotiations begin at Niagara Falls, New York

, noted as the first step towards Confederation

September 19 - Confederate agents use Canada as base for attempt to free Confederate prisoners of war on Johnson Island in Lake Erie .

, identified 72 resolutions for the British North America Act

October 19 - St. Albans Raid .

BIRTHS

January 13 - Joe Wright , rower

February 15 - William Hearst , Premier of Ontario

March 31 - John Joseph Kelso , activist

July 27 - Ernest H. Armstrong , Premier of Manitoba

October 3 - William Robson , Manitoba politician

October 8 - Ozias Leduc , artist

November 9 - James A. Murray , Premier of New Brunswick

DEATHS