1701 in Canada
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Events from the year 1701 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XIV<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: William III<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Governors
- Governor General of New France: Louis-Hector de Callière<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Governor of Acadia: Claude-Sébastien de Villieu<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Sauvolle<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Governor of Plaisance: Joseph de Monic<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Events
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- The Peace of Montreal signed: peace treaty between the Iroquois Confederacy and the French. Considered one of the major events in Canada's history, sometimes called the "great peace."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Detroit, Michigan founded as Fort Pontchartrain du détroit by Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- War of the Spanish Succession begins in Europe; spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in 1702.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Births
- October 15 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, founder of the "Grey Nuns" order; died 1771; she was beatified in 1959, the first Canadian-born saint.<ref>Vatican News. {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Deaths
- April 4 - Guillaume Couture, diplomat in New France (born 1618).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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See also
References
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