1709 in Canada
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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Year in Canada Template:History of Canada Events from the year 1709 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XIV<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- British and Irish Monarch: Anne<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Events
- In New France, slavery becomes legal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Births
- September 7 (O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)
Deaths
- August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
- September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)
References
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