1720 in Canada
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The following events occurred in Canada in the year 1720.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XV<ref>Guéganic (2008), p. 13.</ref>
- British and Irish Monarch: George I<ref name="dnb">Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, {{#invoke:CS1 identifiers|main|_template=doi}}. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).</ref>
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events
- 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast.
- c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans.
- To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island.
References
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