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Events

April 7 - Father Of Confederation Thomas D'Arcy McGee is assassinated in Ottawa by Irish Fenian s.

Louis Riel returns to the Red River area

The Hudson's Bay Company agrees to turn Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory over to Canada

The first Federal Militia Act is passed, creating a Canadian army

Births

January 16 - Octavia Ritchie , scholar

February 16 - John B. M. Baxter , Premier of New Brunswick

March 14 - Emily Murphy , judge

April 27 - James Kidd Flemming , Premier of New Brunswick

May 31 - Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke Of Devonshire , Governor General

July 8 - Henry Cockshutt , Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

August 25 - Arthur Puttee , politician

August 26 - Charles Stewart , Premier of Alberta

September 1 - Henri Bourassa , Quebec nationalist

September 22 - Louise McKinney , feminist

September 28 - Herbert Alexander Bruce , Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

November 9 - Marie Dressler , actress

December 11 - William Parks , geologist

Deaths

April 7 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee , Father Of Confederation

October 17 - Laura Secord , patriot