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5 days ago · Alexander Mackenzie 's Voyages to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans published in London. Mackenzie knighted in honor of his explorations. Shipbuilding has become an important industry in Canada. Two ships, the Sarah and the Dove, arrive at Upper Canada carrying 700 passengers from Lochaber, Scotland from the Cameron and Fraser clans.
Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780) was an English lawyer, judge, and Tory politician best known as author of the four-volume Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769). 9. John of England (1166–1216) served as king between 1199 and 1216. In 1215 he reluctantly agreed to approve the Magna Carta. 10.
5 days ago · Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Nicholas Youngman born 1723 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay died 1814 Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States including ancestors + more in the free family tree community.
5 days ago · The 2021 Canadian census counted a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 per cent over the 2016 figure. [7] [8] Between 1990 and 2008, the population increased by 5.6 million, equivalent to 20.4 per cent overall growth.
1 day ago · In 1541, French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed from St-Malo on his third voyage to Canada. In 1633, by French government edict, only Roman Catholic settlers were permitted permanent residence within New France, present-day Canada, thus ending 30 years of attempted colonization by Huguenots or Protestants.
3 days ago · Brooks, a town in southeastern Alberta, is the census subdivision with the highest percentage of Black people, with 22.3%. The community there is mainly composed of East African immigrants. In the 2011 census, 945,665 Black Canadians were counted, making up 2.9% of Canada's population. [14]
2 days ago · Le roi, la cour et le gouvernement y résidèrent de façon permanente du 6 mai 1682 au 6 octobre 1789, à l'exception des années de la Régence de 1715 à 1723. Voulu par Louis XIV afin de glorifier la monarchie française , le château est le plus important monument de son règne et l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de l' architecture classique .
