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Events from the year 1800 in Canada.
List of wars between England and France since 1116 counts 242 years of warfare in 687-year period [5]
Monthly record of British military deployment shows 2 ships of the line, 7 frigates, 6 sloops and 5 infantry regiments in America and Newfoundland [6]
Newly signed " Convention of Amity and Commerce between France and the United States" has " maxims" supporting neutrality and " regulations of 1778" [7]
German professors experiment with beets producing sugar; their "process, which they are about to publish, is easy, and by no means expensive" [8]
Montreal petitioners ask Assembly to legalize slavery of " Negroes and Panis," including recognizing enslaved as property and regulating them [9]
Notice of death of Father Casot, last Jesuit in L.C., notes his charity toward poor people and calls his loss "a public calamity" [10]
Assembly asks British government to dedicate former Jesuit property to education in order to preserve population's attachment to Constitution [11]
George Heriot, deputy postmaster general for British North America, announces and seeks support for monthly winter postal link with Upper Canada [12]
Partners bringing spring water to Montreal area seek charter, supported by Montrealers who find St. Lawrence River water "impure in the extreme" [13]
Death of shipbuilder Patrick Beatson "will be severely felt by a great number of Mechanics as his extensive concerns[...]are as yet unrivalled" [14]
Any man suing another man for latter's " criminal conversation" with former's wife does not need to prove latter man guilty of adultery [15]
Christians: "[...]examine your thoughts, words, and actions [for faults], especially after much business, speaking, &c.[....]" [16]
New York medical journal says Quebec man plans to publish on "how far the laws of Chemical Action" explain " Phenomena of organic matter" [17]
Every 6th Regiment soldier must have permission to sell any clothing, equipment or arms, and anyone buying from one or his wife will be prosecuted [18]
"Very great rise in the price of paper, wages and the necessaries of life" since Gazette's 1764 debut means subscription rises from $3 to $4 annually [19]
Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Wendat sell 1,380 acres along Detroit River in area of what is now Sandwich and Amherstburg for £300 in goods [20]
Mother and daughter each given 1,200 acres of land "as the wife & daughter of an executive Counciller;" he and family have 20,000 acres in total [21]
Daughter of United Empire Loyalist petitions for 200 acres "to put her on a footing with others of her description" [22]
Lt. Gov. Peter Hunter says calling legislature in late spring is inconvenient and will end when "Roads which communicate with the Capital" open [23]
N.S. juries have decided so often against enslavers, says New Brunswick lawyer, that "masters" have turned to "limited service by indenture" [24]
Lt. Gov. Wentworth calls Maroons "deluded deceived people [leaving] Health, Comfort, and prosperity" of N.S. (Note: racial stereotypes) [25]
Halifax naval personnel find evidence of shipwreck deaths on Sable Island; suggestion follows to locate 2 or 3 lifesaving families on island [26]
Clare Township Acadians oppose "reunion" of land they inhabit to Weymouth Parish across Sissiboo River, dividing them "one from another" [27]
Letter-to-the-Editor suggests many wells be dug to fight drought in Halifax and protect it from fires both in "the Country around" and in town [28]
Optical telegraph system is set up across province from Halifax to Annapolis with plans to extend it to New Brunswick [29]
" Negro Girl [for lease], Aged 18 years, good natured, fond of Children and accustomed to both Town and Country work" [30]
Edward Winslow considers road to Lower Canada "essential to the safety & prosperity of these provinces," and worth fighting U.S.A. for [31]
Winslow says many Loyalists given land grants "were idle, dissipated and capricious, [selling land] for a trifle to Land-jobbers and speculators" [32]
Lt. Gov. Carleton says "Settlement [up St. John River] has made it necessary to be the more on our guard against any hostile[...] Savages" [33]
Ward Chipman's point-by-point brief supports client Nancy's Supreme Court case against her enslaver, arguing right of slavery is not lawful [34]
Listing of N.B. produce (masts, lumber, fish etc.) en route to West Indies and Britain in some of 31 new ships out of Saint John port this year [35]
Guilty of grand larceny, "the old offender, Martha Malone, [is sentenced to] 39 lashes in presence of a female only," and 2 years hard labour [36]
John McKinnon has "prevailed with his Wife Ann to return to him under an engagement on his part that she shall not have any cause of fear" [37]
"The Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Mary Austin, an unfortunate woman, found dead in the street - Verdict, accidental death" [38]
A. Paddock and two others, "informed that there is a very great probability that the Small Pox will soon appear" in Saint John, offer inoculations [39]
Physician John Caleff describes outbreak of smallpox in St. Andrews in last two months affecting more than 500 people but with only 3 deaths [40]
Patent medicine: "Vermifuge Lozenges for destroying worms[,] Volatile Tincture; An immediate Cure for the TOOTH ACHE[,] Infallible German Corn Plaister" [41]
Anonymous writer advises treating fevers by keeping "the intestines open with Castor Oil;[...]or the Pyrment waters with Vitriolic acid and Aromatics" [42]
Call for dissertation on chapters of Revelation "proving that Jacobinism is the Eighth Head of the Beast, and Voltaire the Number of the Beast" [43]
Cornerstone of Assembly and law courts building laid; it will combine "the principles of utility, œconomy and elegance in the highest degree" [44]
Fashions: "Small round caps with very narrow lace borders [–] a peculiar appearance of buxom beauty[,]" scarlet cashmere cloaks, short-waisted coats [45]
"The Newfoundland Fishery has been highly successful last season; the Venus navigated by five men, caught 80,000 Cod" [46]
France's Newfoundland fishery, once four times bigger than England's, is now nearly gone and "almost exclusivly in possession of the English" [47]
Missionary makes chart of coast as far as Hudson Bay from Inuit accounts, including "dwelling places, rivers, bays and woods" and anchorages [48]
Solomon says "[...]I cannot regain that state of mind I enjoyed, when I was baptized. There is[...]a dark shadow between me and our Savior" [49]
Indigenous woman and 5 children walk 9 days to York Factory after losing her husband; she reports others unable to walk, but no one at Y.F. can help [50]
Three teenage boys (including chief factor's son), "Educated and Brought up in the [Albany] Factory," apprentice to shipwright, carpenter and cooper [51]
Union of Ireland and Britain "arrests much of the public attention in both kingdoms" and acrimony characterizes debate in Irish Parliament [52]
Commons supply committee expends from £7,960 (Upper Canada) to £1,640 (Newfoundland) for civil government; compare £39.5 million budget [53]
Men of Rocky Mountain Fort fire muskets at dawn on New Year's Day and receive 2 drams of rum and half-fathom (3 feet) of tobacco each [54]
U.S. commissioners find 49 "refugees" from British North America during American Revolution are entitled to shares of 33,500 acres made available [55]
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History of Canada |
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Events from the year 1800 in Canada.
List of wars between England and France since 1116 counts 242 years of warfare in 687-year period [5]
Monthly record of British military deployment shows 2 ships of the line, 7 frigates, 6 sloops and 5 infantry regiments in America and Newfoundland [6]
Newly signed " Convention of Amity and Commerce between France and the United States" has " maxims" supporting neutrality and " regulations of 1778" [7]
German professors experiment with beets producing sugar; their "process, which they are about to publish, is easy, and by no means expensive" [8]
Montreal petitioners ask Assembly to legalize slavery of " Negroes and Panis," including recognizing enslaved as property and regulating them [9]
Notice of death of Father Casot, last Jesuit in L.C., notes his charity toward poor people and calls his loss "a public calamity" [10]
Assembly asks British government to dedicate former Jesuit property to education in order to preserve population's attachment to Constitution [11]
George Heriot, deputy postmaster general for British North America, announces and seeks support for monthly winter postal link with Upper Canada [12]
Partners bringing spring water to Montreal area seek charter, supported by Montrealers who find St. Lawrence River water "impure in the extreme" [13]
Death of shipbuilder Patrick Beatson "will be severely felt by a great number of Mechanics as his extensive concerns[...]are as yet unrivalled" [14]
Any man suing another man for latter's " criminal conversation" with former's wife does not need to prove latter man guilty of adultery [15]
Christians: "[...]examine your thoughts, words, and actions [for faults], especially after much business, speaking, &c.[....]" [16]
New York medical journal says Quebec man plans to publish on "how far the laws of Chemical Action" explain " Phenomena of organic matter" [17]
Every 6th Regiment soldier must have permission to sell any clothing, equipment or arms, and anyone buying from one or his wife will be prosecuted [18]
"Very great rise in the price of paper, wages and the necessaries of life" since Gazette's 1764 debut means subscription rises from $3 to $4 annually [19]
Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Wendat sell 1,380 acres along Detroit River in area of what is now Sandwich and Amherstburg for £300 in goods [20]
Mother and daughter each given 1,200 acres of land "as the wife & daughter of an executive Counciller;" he and family have 20,000 acres in total [21]
Daughter of United Empire Loyalist petitions for 200 acres "to put her on a footing with others of her description" [22]
Lt. Gov. Peter Hunter says calling legislature in late spring is inconvenient and will end when "Roads which communicate with the Capital" open [23]
N.S. juries have decided so often against enslavers, says New Brunswick lawyer, that "masters" have turned to "limited service by indenture" [24]
Lt. Gov. Wentworth calls Maroons "deluded deceived people [leaving] Health, Comfort, and prosperity" of N.S. (Note: racial stereotypes) [25]
Halifax naval personnel find evidence of shipwreck deaths on Sable Island; suggestion follows to locate 2 or 3 lifesaving families on island [26]
Clare Township Acadians oppose "reunion" of land they inhabit to Weymouth Parish across Sissiboo River, dividing them "one from another" [27]
Letter-to-the-Editor suggests many wells be dug to fight drought in Halifax and protect it from fires both in "the Country around" and in town [28]
Optical telegraph system is set up across province from Halifax to Annapolis with plans to extend it to New Brunswick [29]
" Negro Girl [for lease], Aged 18 years, good natured, fond of Children and accustomed to both Town and Country work" [30]
Edward Winslow considers road to Lower Canada "essential to the safety & prosperity of these provinces," and worth fighting U.S.A. for [31]
Winslow says many Loyalists given land grants "were idle, dissipated and capricious, [selling land] for a trifle to Land-jobbers and speculators" [32]
Lt. Gov. Carleton says "Settlement [up St. John River] has made it necessary to be the more on our guard against any hostile[...] Savages" [33]
Ward Chipman's point-by-point brief supports client Nancy's Supreme Court case against her enslaver, arguing right of slavery is not lawful [34]
Listing of N.B. produce (masts, lumber, fish etc.) en route to West Indies and Britain in some of 31 new ships out of Saint John port this year [35]
Guilty of grand larceny, "the old offender, Martha Malone, [is sentenced to] 39 lashes in presence of a female only," and 2 years hard labour [36]
John McKinnon has "prevailed with his Wife Ann to return to him under an engagement on his part that she shall not have any cause of fear" [37]
"The Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Mary Austin, an unfortunate woman, found dead in the street - Verdict, accidental death" [38]
A. Paddock and two others, "informed that there is a very great probability that the Small Pox will soon appear" in Saint John, offer inoculations [39]
Physician John Caleff describes outbreak of smallpox in St. Andrews in last two months affecting more than 500 people but with only 3 deaths [40]
Patent medicine: "Vermifuge Lozenges for destroying worms[,] Volatile Tincture; An immediate Cure for the TOOTH ACHE[,] Infallible German Corn Plaister" [41]
Anonymous writer advises treating fevers by keeping "the intestines open with Castor Oil;[...]or the Pyrment waters with Vitriolic acid and Aromatics" [42]
Call for dissertation on chapters of Revelation "proving that Jacobinism is the Eighth Head of the Beast, and Voltaire the Number of the Beast" [43]
Cornerstone of Assembly and law courts building laid; it will combine "the principles of utility, œconomy and elegance in the highest degree" [44]
Fashions: "Small round caps with very narrow lace borders [–] a peculiar appearance of buxom beauty[,]" scarlet cashmere cloaks, short-waisted coats [45]
"The Newfoundland Fishery has been highly successful last season; the Venus navigated by five men, caught 80,000 Cod" [46]
France's Newfoundland fishery, once four times bigger than England's, is now nearly gone and "almost exclusivly in possession of the English" [47]
Missionary makes chart of coast as far as Hudson Bay from Inuit accounts, including "dwelling places, rivers, bays and woods" and anchorages [48]
Solomon says "[...]I cannot regain that state of mind I enjoyed, when I was baptized. There is[...]a dark shadow between me and our Savior" [49]
Indigenous woman and 5 children walk 9 days to York Factory after losing her husband; she reports others unable to walk, but no one at Y.F. can help [50]
Three teenage boys (including chief factor's son), "Educated and Brought up in the [Albany] Factory," apprentice to shipwright, carpenter and cooper [51]
Union of Ireland and Britain "arrests much of the public attention in both kingdoms" and acrimony characterizes debate in Irish Parliament [52]
Commons supply committee expends from £7,960 (Upper Canada) to £1,640 (Newfoundland) for civil government; compare £39.5 million budget [53]
Men of Rocky Mountain Fort fire muskets at dawn on New Year's Day and receive 2 drams of rum and half-fathom (3 feet) of tobacco each [54]
U.S. commissioners find 49 "refugees" from British North America during American Revolution are entitled to shares of 33,500 acres made available [55]