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The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec ( French: Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham, Première bataille de Québec ), was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War to describe the North American theatre ). The battle, which began on 13 September 1759, was fought on a plateau ...
Capital punishment in Canada. Capital punishment in Canada dates back to Canada's earliest history, including its period as a French colony and, after 1763, its time as a British colony. From 1867 to the elimination of the death penalty for murder on July 26, 1976, 1,481 people had been sentenced to death, and 710 had been executed.
Signature. Joseph-Antoine le Fèbvre, sieur de La Barre (or Antoine Lefebvre, Antoine Lefèvre; 1622–1688) was a French lawyer and administrator best known for his disastrous three years as governor of the colony of New France (Quebec). As a young man he served in the administration in France. He then became governor of Cayenne (French Guiana ...
Olivier later adopted the name Le Jeune, the surname of the Jesuit priest. [4] Olivier Le Jeune died on 10 May 1654. [1] [2] It is believed that by the time of his death his official status was changed from that of slave to that of free "domestic servant". Although he is often referred to as a black African from Madagascar, he may have been of ...
The People of New France. The People of New France (French: Brève histoire des peuples de la Nouvelle-France) is a book of Canadian history during the 17th and 18th centuries written by Allan Greer and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1997 and by Boréal in 1998 for the French version, as part of the Themes in Canadian History ...
Terre-Neuve ("Newfoundland") was a colony in New France that existed from 1655 to 1713, and which consisted of the southern portion of Newfoundland island (the northern portion being claimed by England ). The most, and sometimes only, populated region was Placentia, called "Plaisance" in French. Because of Placentia's geographic position, its ...
Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval (30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708), was a French Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of New France from 1658 to 1674 and as Bishop of Quebec from its creation in 1674 until he retired due to poor health in 1688. He continued to work in New France until his ...
