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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald

Governor General - Viscount Monck Of Ballytrammon then Lord Lisgar

Premier Of New Brunswick - Andrew Wetmore

Premier Of Nova Scotia - William Annand

Premier Of Ontario - J.S. Macdonald

Premier Of Quebec - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau

EVENTS

February 2 - Lord Lisgar replaces Viscount Monck Of Ballytrammon as Governor General

February 11 - Patrick James Whelan is hanged for the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee

October 9 - Sir Francis Hincks becomes Minister of Finance

October 24 - '' The Canadian Illustrated News '' is founded in Montreal

, but do not yet formally belong to Canada

Timothy Eaton opens his first store in Toronto

Newfoundland rejects Confederation with Canada

Red River Rebellion begins

George Hunt founds Huntsville, Ontario

1869 to 1870 - Smallpox epidemic strikes Canadian Plains tribes, including Blackfeet , Piegan , and Blood .

BIRTHS

March 18 - Maude Abbott , feminist

June 20 - William Donald Ross , Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

November 25 - Herbert Greenfield , Premier of Alberta

December 18 - William Sanford Evans , Manitoba politician

December 30 - Stephen Leacock , author

DEATHS