1769 in Canada
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Events from the year 1769 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch: George III<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Governors
- Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Michael Francklin
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
- Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson
Events
- The American colonies begin their westward expansion, settling Tennessee.
- Prince Edward Island becomes a separate colony from Nova Scotia.
- April 20 – Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa is killed by a Kaskaskia Indian in Illinois.
Births
- March 12: Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator (d.1843)
- August 16: Peter Fidler, fur trader, mapmaker, explorer (d.1822)
- October 6: Isaac Brock, military commander, administrator of Upper Canada (d.1812)
Full date unknown
- Francis Gore, colonial administrator (d.1852)
Deaths
References
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