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Events

March 3 - Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Riel 's provisional government

April 25 - The Red River Rebellion ends as Louis Riel flees to the United States

May 12 - The Manitoba Act is passed in parliament

May 25 - June 7 - The Fenians launch their final attack against Canada, like the others it is unsuccessful

July 15 - The Hudson's Bay Company 's lands are officially transferred to Canada, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established

September 16 - Alfred Boyd becomes the first premier of Manitoba

First Dominion of Canada banknote introduced

G.E. King elected Premier of New Brunswick

At the Battle Of Oldman River between the Cree and the Blood 340 are killed

George King becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Andrew Wetmore

Births

May 21 - Leonard P. D. Tilley , Premier of New Brunswick

June 18 - Howard Ferguson , Premier of Ontario

July 3 - R.B. Bennett , Prime Minister

July 28 - Aubin-Edmond Arsenault , Premier of PEI

July 29 - George Dixon , boxer

September 7 - Jimmy Tompkins , educator

October 16 - Wallace Turnbull , engineer

November 10 - Harlan Carey Brewster , Premier of British Columbia

December 16 - Richard McBride , Premier of British Columbia

Thomas Langton Church , politician

Deaths