1728 in Canada
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Events from the year 1728 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XV<ref>Guéganic (2008), p. 13.</ref>
- British and Irish Monarch: George II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Étienne Perier
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Lawrence Armstrong
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events
- Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of Lake Superior and stationed at Fort Kaministiquia.<ref>Template:Cite DCB</ref>
- Vitus Bering sails through the Bering Strait.
Births
- Template:OldStyleDate - James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (died 1779)
- Samuel Holland, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner (died 1801)
Deaths
- February 20 - J Raudot, Intendant of New France (born 1638)
References
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