Events from the year 1706 in Canada.
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Incumbents
editGovernors
edit- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil[3]
- Governor of Acadia: Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan then Daniel d'Auger de Subercase[4]
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville[5]
- Governor of Plaisance: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase[4] then Philippe Pastour de Costebelle[6]
Events
edit- In 1706, the census of New France was 16,417.[7]
Births
edit- February 2, 1706: Claude-Godefroy Coquart, missionary (died 1765)[8][9][10]
- August 21, 1706: Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, French Jesuit and amateur botanist (died 1757)[11][12]
- James Abercrombie, British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War (died 1781)
Deaths
edit- July 9, 1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana (born 1661).
- October 11, 1706: Marguerite Bourdon (religious order name, Mother Saint-Jean-Baptiste): one of the foundresses of the Hôpital Général in Quebec; known for her work with the poor (born October 12, 1642).[13]
- November 25, Jacques Le Ber merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.
References
edit- ^ "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN 0959-8138. JSTOR 29715689.
- ^ "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ a b "Biography – Auger de Subercase, Daniel D' – Volume II (1701–1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Government House Table of Contents". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Biography – Pastour de Costebelle, Philippe – Volume II (1701–1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Statistics of Canada, Fourth Volume
- ^ "Biography – Coquart, Claude-Godefroy – Volume III (1741–1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Spillane, Edward Peter (1908). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4.
- ^ "Catholic Encyclopedia: Claude-Goefroi Coquart". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Incarville, Pierre Nicolas le Chéron d' (1706-1757)". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2023-02-07 – via JSTOR Global Plants.
- ^ "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Biography – Bourdon, Marguerite, de Saint-Jean-Baptiste – Volume II (1701–1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".